JERUSALEM, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday reported an outbreak of a harmful bug that could cause deadly disease in citrus.
The pest, called the Asian citrus psyllid, was detected in 750,000 square meters of citrus orchards in Hefer valley near the Mediterranean Sea.
The pest could transmit to the trees a bacterium that causes the cureless citrus gre