California’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated the U.S. EPA’s approval of the antibiotic streptomycin as a pesticide on citrus crops.
Three plant pathologists conducted research into ways to boost citrus immunity and protect the valuable fruit against citrus greening.
A new study investigates the thermal suitability for transmission of citrus greening with implications for surveillance and prevention.
I first heard of citrus greening disease several years ago from Canadian agrologist Robert Saik in this awesome TED talk. In it, he talks about real problems facing farmers today all around the world. From the black Sigatoka virus in corn in Kenya to the bacterial wilt fungus in the bananas of Uganda, certain diseases […]
The California Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Committee is trying to get ahead of the fast-moving Huanglongbing.To evaluate and improve its strategies for fighting the progression of Huanglongbing (otherwise known as citrus greening), the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Committee recently developed a strategic plan with five key priorities to guide its focus. The committee […]
California doesn’t have citrus greening. It’s Huanglongbing. “Once we began to learn what was going on in Florida, the severity of the situation, we recognized in California, given what was going on in Mexico that we were going to have a problem,” said Joel Nelsen, President and CEO, California Citrus Mutual. “We put together some […]
Bayer has joined the fight in finding an effective treatment against a global threat to citrus production and the juice industry — citrus greening.