Researchers say GMO citrus trees could combat greening
Slow progress in Florida is being made that some feel may be the most effective means of combating the dreaded citrus greening disease - genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.
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A Texas company, Applied Nanotech Holdings Inc. of Austin, has been given a 400,000 dollar contract by the California Citrus Research Board to come up with new technology that will focus on early...
View ArticleCitrus Greening Poses Threat To Florida Beekeepers
In the past decade, Florida citrus industry has taken a biological beating. Years ago it was citrus canker ravaging groves. The latest natural blight is bacteria called citrus greening - and it has...
View ArticleUSDA Creates Multi-Agency Emergency Response Framework to Combat Devastating...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the creation of a new, unified emergency response framework to address Huanglongbing, a serious disease of citrus that affects several U.S. states and...
View ArticleUSDA syncs agencies on citrus greening
The U.S. Department of Agriculture looks to better manage the fight against citrus greening across the country, creating what it calls a Multi-Agency Coordination Group for Huanglongbing, or HLB, which...
View ArticleREGION: Citrus pest drives some growers to new crops
Gazing over his citrus groves in the hills above Redlands, Bob Knight ponders more than the majestic orange trees his great-grandfather planted a century ago. He fears the end of his livelihood,...
View ArticleBug Bites Cut Florida Orange Crop to Lowest in 2 Decades
A gnat-sized insect, the Asian citrus psyllid, forced Dean Mixon to replace about 1,000 orange trees in the past two years on the 50-acre Florida farm his grandfather started in the 1930s.
View ArticleUSDA creates emergency response framework to fight citrus disease
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has created an emergency response framework to address a serious citrus disease affecting crops in several states, including California, U.S. Rep. Lois Capps of Santa...
View ArticleOJAI, Calif.: Asian citrus psyllid found in Ojai Valley | Health ...
The California Department of Food and Agriculture says the Asian citrus psyllid has been found in Ojai Valley.
View ArticleQuarantine takes effect
The Texas Department of Agriculture established its third quarantine in Hidalgo County this past week after discovering a tree that had fallen victim to citrus greening - a destructive plant bacteria,...
View ArticleWasp Breeding Program Opens New Front Against Citrus Greening
The lab will breed a predator against the psyllids, a tiny wasp called Tamarixia radiata that feeds on young nymphs, killing them before they reach maturity and spread the greening bacteria.
View ArticleCitrus psyllid lure a California priority for federal funds
California Citrus Mutual wants to see the states share of 20 million dollars to fight citrus greening disease forthcoming under a federal budget deal spent on stalled research projects, such as finding...
View ArticleFarm bill includes money for citrus disease research
A provision in the farm bill apparently headed for passage this week is designed to tackle citrus greening, a bacterial disease that is devastating crops in Florida and considered a major threat to...
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