據外媒報道，受柑橘黃龍病影響，美國佛羅里達州與洛杉磯的柑橘樹遭重創，果農損失慘重。為應對來自亞洲的黃龍病，加州果農與加州州立大學波莫納分校聯手對抗黃龍病，利用亮腹釉小黃蜂（Tamarixia radiata wasp）這種生物武器進行應對。
加州州立理工大學波莫納分校校長表示，柑橘黃龍病影響加州產值33億美元的柑橘產業，世界其他地區的柑橘產業也大受影響。
據了解，黃龍病由木虱蟲引發。橘子及檸檬等柑橘科的植物，如果感染黃龍病，葉子會枯黃，果肉變酸，最終果樹會死亡。利用木虱蟲的天敵-亮腹釉小黃蜂是一種較好的生物應對方法。
部分原文報道如下：
Cal Poly Pomona is training an army of tiny wasps to battle the Asian citrus psyllid, a voracious pest responsible for crippling the Florida citrus industry that has recently infiltrated Los Angeles County.
Armed with a $400,000 grant from the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program, the agriculture-oriented university unveiled a new research greenhouse Monday that may become the second-largest facility in Southern California （the largest is in Mt. Rubidoux） for breeding the Tamarixia radiata, a natural predator of the tree-killing psyllid.
The new flank in the war against the citrus plant disease Huanglongbing, carried by the pest, is part of a multi-pronged battle to reduce the infestation of psyllid in Los Angeles, Imperial, Ventura and Riverside counties, wher growers make up a portion of California's $3.3 billion citrus industry.
原文鏈接：http://www.sgvtribune.com/environment-and-nature/20160725/cal-poly-pomona-raising-army-of-wasps-to-fight-citrus-blight
日期：2016-07-26
