How to Use psyllid in a Sentence

psyllid

noun

• This provides less food for the psyllids, which feed on the flush of new leaves.
  — Amanda Morris, AZCentral.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• Notice if other citrus trees are nearby and a potential source of the Asian psyllid that spreads the disease and the disease itself.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Sep. 2021
• Well, the psyllids never got the memo.’’ Jackson is a relative newcomer to the citrus business.
  — Duncan Strauss, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
• Control citrus psyllids at each flush of growth; use sprays or soil treatments as instructed.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• In Ventura County, growers spray pesticides to get rid of the psyllid.
  — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019
• Without maintenance, a deserted grove is a breeding ground for psyllids, the bugs that carry the disease.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 June 2017
• The disease is caused by a bacteria and spread by certain insects, typically the Asian citrus psyllid.
  — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 21 June 2017
• The highway department imported millions of tiny insects from Peru that were known to feast on psyllids but do other harm, and today there is no more psyllid threat.
  — Thomas D. Elias, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Farmers now cover fruit transported throughout the state to prevent the psyllid, an insect that feeds on trees and can carry the disease, from moving to new communities.
  — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019
• Pests controlled: Yellow traps attract whiteflies, fruit flies, male winged scales, leafhoppers, fungus gnats, midges, male winged mealybugs and leafminers, thrips, psyllids, and winged aphids.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
• Apply a minor-nutrient spray and control psyllids as citrus trees begin new growth.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Apr. 2017
• Inspectors visit regularly to check for the presence of psyllids.
  — Julie Wernau, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2017
• Another program involved unleashing an Asian wasp that attacks the psyllid.
  — Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2017
• This effort could prove similar to what CalTrans did in the early 1990s, when the thousands of California pepper trees planted along freeways were imperiled by an insect called the pepper psyllid.
  — Thomas D. Elias, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
• That included injection of the insecticide imidacloprid into the tree to combat lerp psyllids, a type of insect that sucks nutrients from leaves and causes them to shed.
  — Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, 30 Sep. 2019
• Her work on psyllids, aphids, and other sap-sucking insects has uncovered intricate, intertwined relationships with internal bacteria, which help them survive on a meager diet of plant juices.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 14 Nov. 2019
• The Asian citrus psyllid, Hoddle said, poses a potentially existential threat to California’s $3 billion citrus industry.
  — Lauren Williams, Orange County Register, 9 June 2017

Last Updated: 7 Aug 2024