No more psyllid finds in county

Cit­rus grow­ers, pack­ers and sell­ers con­tinue to keep their fin­gers crossed as no more Asian cit­rus psyl­lids have been dis­cov­ered in Tulare County.
Late last year, two psyl­lids were dis­cov­ered in com­mer­cial groves in the county — one north­east of Strath­more and the other south of Terra Bella. The two dis­cov­er­ies led ag offi­cials to impose two five-mile-radius quar­an­tine zones around the dis­cov­er­ies in an attempt to con­tain the pest. The insect poses a seri­ous threat to the $750 mil­lion dol­lar indus­try in Tulare County.