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
  • Marigolds deter carrot rust flies and carrot psyllids.
    — Heather Bien, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The most common are boxwood leaf miners and boxwood psyllids.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2023
  • When the leaf miners and psyllids hatch from their eggs and start feeding, they will be eliminated.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Control citrus psyllids at each flush of growth; use sprays or soil treatments as instructed.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Apply a minor-nutrient spray and control psyllids as citrus trees begin new growth.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Citrus greening is transmitted by a tiny critter called the Asian citrus psyllid.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Without maintenance, a deserted grove is a breeding ground for psyllids, the bugs that carry the disease.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 June 2017
  • In Ventura County, growers spray pesticides to get rid of the psyllid.
    — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Inspectors visit regularly to check for the presence of psyllids.
    — Julie Wernau, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • Notice if other citrus trees are nearby and a potential source of the Asian psyllid that spreads the disease and the disease itself.
    — CBS News, 6 Nov. 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
  • Infestations can be irregular in gardens, some years psyllids may find your plants, other years there’s no occurrence.
    — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 13 July 2024
  • Another program involved unleashing an Asian wasp that attacks the psyllid.
    — Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2017
  • This is also a great time to treat your boxwoods with a systemic insecticide if they were infested and damaged by either the boxwood leaf miners or the psyllids.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • However, your boxwoods might be less vulnerable to severe damage, not being weakened by the earlier damage from the leaf miners and psyllids.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, researchers at various universities are exploring RNA as a tool to combat Asian citrus psyllids, bark beetles, mosquitoes, and other species.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 27 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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

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