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Old 04-23-2012, 02:52 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Default Re: Growing Citrus

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Originally Posted by Nicolas Naranja View Post
From what I have read and heard the Psyllids don't like Casimiroa, if you give them no choice they will use it as food, but they don't reproduce on it. If they don't feed on it they can't transmit it. I haven't seen any reports of White Sapote having HLB.
The Asian Citrus Psyllids don't like it but the African Citrus Psyllids do, from what I posted above. Fortunately, we don't have the African ones in the U.S., as far as I know.
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