Insect & Disease Update
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All orange forecast at 45 million boxes, 35% off the previous year.
Nearly $17 million will support important research projects aimed at helping growers live with the disease.
Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act to help farmers replace damaged trees, allowing a 100% deduction in the first year instead of depreciating the cost over 14 years.
Florida slips to No. 2 as its orange groves have been decimated by HLB, especially in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
UF/IFAS, Tropicana team up to test promising new, better-tasting varieties that can stand up to deadly disease.
Research shows the use of screenhouses may help prevent devastating disease from squeezing the life out of grapefruit, among other selections.
Survey assesses impact of novel grove health treatment on yield one year after implementation.
With Hurricane Irma well in the rear view, growers and researchers hope to work groves back to a productive state as HLB rages on.
Cleaning up damage and small doses of nutrition the fastest path to helping blocks bounce back.
Flushing trees will give HLB vector perfect breeding ground.
A 94-square mile area of San Bernardino, Riverside counties now a part of state huanglongbing quarantine.
Company enters collaboration with Citrus Research and Development Foundation to uncover antibacterial and plant defense tools against the disease.
Riverside County has a storied history of citrus production and is home to California Citrus State Historic Park, which preserves the cultural landscape of the citrus industry.
Easy-to-read format designed to give growers up-to-date information on huanglongbing and Asian citrus psyllid research.
Preliminary results of the unique HLB management method indicate many factors left to consider.
Education program focuses on managing the disease with available tools and tactics.
State agriculture officials taking action to assess and stop the spread of HLB.
RNAi technology aims to take out HLB vector.