Pest’s discovery should change the way Bakersfield handles …

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There won’t be any penalties — so long as the Asian citrus psyllid keeps away from local groves, anyway. But the advice from Kern County Ag Commissioner Ruben Arroyo is to avoid taking homegrown grapefruit and the like outside the area.

“As long as you keep it here it’s not a problem,” he said Friday. “But we require that you not move (citrus) out of the quarantine area.”

Bakersfield’s existing quarantine area, established after the discovery of two other psyllids in recent years, encompasses 113 square miles, generally bordered by New Stine Road on the north, South Fairfax Road on the east, Millux Road on the south and Interstate 5 on the west.

Arroyo said he informally broadened the quarantine this week after the psyllid’s discovery April 21. The expansion won’t be official until it is approved by the secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, expected next week.

The new boundaries are proposed to extend the quarantine northward generally to 7th Standard Road.

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Pest’s discovery should change the way Bakersfield handles … – BakersfieldCalifornian.com

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There won’t be any penalties — so long as the Asian citrus psyllid keeps away from local groves, anyway. But the advice from Kern County Ag Commissioner Ruben Arroyo is to avoid taking homegrown grapefruit and the like outside the area.

“As long as you keep it here it’s not a problem,” he said Friday. “But we require that you not move (citrus) out of the quarantine area.”

Bakersfield’s existing quarantine area, established after the discovery of two other psyllids in recent years, encompasses 113 square miles, generally bordered by New Stine Road on the north, South Fairfax Road on the east, Millux Road on the south and Interstate 5 on the west.

Arroyo said he informally broadened the quarantine this week after the psyllid’s discovery April 21. The expansion won’t be official until it is approved by the secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, expected next week.

The new boundaries are proposed to extend the quarantine northward generally to 7th Standard Road.

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