Alireza Pourreza

This optical sensing device has the ability to detect a buildup of starch in leaves that can be an early indication of infection from huanglongbing, which is carried by the Asian citrus psyllid. (Photo/Dennis Pollock)

Sensing device can detect huanglongbing early

  • by Dennis Pollock

(Originally published in Ag Alert and courtesy of the California Farm Bureau Federation)

A researcher from the University of California, Davis, is seeking to commercialize equipment that could be used as an early warning device to detect a deadly disease in citrus long before trees show signs of infection.

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