Perception of the problem of Huanglongbing by relevant agents in urban areas
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v8i4.23Keywords:
Diaphorina citri, Murraya paniculata, agrourban pests, phytosanitary campaign, social agents, yellow dragonAbstract
In Mexico, there are pests causing economic losses in citrus, one of them is Diaphorina citri, vector of the disease called Huanglongbing (HLB). Previous studies have measured different aspects in citrus producers, but the perception of relevant actors in urban areas, such as lemonade owners have not been evaluated. This study was carried out in 2013 in the city of Cuitlahuac, Veracruz and aimed to measure the information acquired on HLB from two groups: owners of lemon plants (Murraya paniculata) and executive staff of the citrus packing plants. It was found that a high proportion of managers of the packers are the ones who have more information, regarding the owners of lemon plants, on issues related to the national priority phytosanitary campaign against HLB such as: vector, disease transmission, as well as campaign messages on disease and vector control. Most of the interviewees in both groups were unaware that the lemongrass could be source of HLB inoculum as well as vector hosts. Dispite the diffusion campaigns, there is disinformation in relation to the problematic, particularly with respect to lemongrasss. The most outstanding is that the inhabitants are willing to remove these plants from their gardens or change them for others.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
The authors who publish in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas accept the following conditions:
In accordance with copyright laws, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas recognizes and respects the authors’ moral right and ownership of property rights which will be transferred to the journal for dissemination in open access. Invariably, all the authors have to sign a letter of transfer of property rights and of originality of the article to Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP) [National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research]. The author(s) must pay a fee for the reception of articles before proceeding to editorial review.
All the texts published by Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas —with no exception— are distributed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), which allows third parties to use the publication as long as the work’s authorship and its first publication in this journal are mentioned.
The author(s) can enter into independent and additional contractual agreements for the nonexclusive distribution of the version of the article published in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas (for example include it into an institutional repository or publish it in a book) as long as it is clearly and explicitly indicated that the work was published for the first time in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas.
For all the above, the authors shall send the Letter-transfer of Property Rights for the first publication duly filled in and signed by the author(s). This form must be sent as a PDF file to: revista_atm@yahoo.com.mx; cienciasagricola@inifap.gob.mx; remexca2017@gmail.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International license.
