More Orange County Acres added to California’s HLB Quarantine

The California Department of Food and Agriculture expanded the state’s huanglongbing, HLB, or citrus greening quarantine boundary in the San Juan Capistrano area of Orange County.

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Asian citrus psyllids spread huanglongbing, aka HLB.
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The California Department of Food and Agriculture expanded the state’s huanglongbing, HLB, or citrus greening quarantine boundary in the San Juan Capistrano area of Orange County.

The new areas are found in grids 483 and 484 of the quarantine map.

CDFA says this boundary expansion also includes the agency’s Asian Citrus Psyllid Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 6 to reflect the new quarantine boundary.

This expansion follows additional acres in the past few months:

For specific changes to the quarantined areas in California, visit the APHIS Citrus Greening web page.

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