Several different agencies met in Fort Pierce, Florida last month to better coordinate efforts to address HLB. Representatives from the Citrus Research Board (CRB), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and…
Governor Brown Increases Funding for Citrus Protection
…(CPDPP) to continue to protect the state’s citrus industry against Huanglongbing (HLB). “He appropriated $10 million of general fund, one time for this fiscal year, plus an additional $2.5 million…
Citrus Growers Educational Seminar Series Concludes with Packed House in Exeter
…tactics for managing Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and Huanglongbing (HLB). Grafton-Cardwell also talked about the details related to the Section 18 of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act allowing for…
Important Industry Updates Presented at Spring Citrus Meeting
…the disease it causes Huanglongbing (HLB) which has been growing at an alarming rate in Southern California in the past few years. “It’s definitely exploded,” said UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE)…
Pest Prevention Programs Allowed to Continue
…including efforts to confront Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and Huanglongbing (HLB), as emergencies so that treatment programs could continue as scheduled. The ruling allows certain invasive pest programs to continue…
California Citrus Industry Has Substantial Economic Impact
…This enthusiasm must be tempered by the fact that huanglongbing can destroy all this in a matter of a year if the partnerships that exist between the industry and government…
CCM Ramping Up Political Efforts on Behalf of Citrus Growers
…U.S. Senate that Senator Feinstein has been a great friend for California citrus industry, on our Huanglongbing-ACP issues she’s been right there…so we’re going to stick close to Senator Feinstein,…
Record Attendance at Post-Harvest Pest Control Conference
…year, so very good attendance and great speakers.” Several of the speakers focused on some of the strategies and research surrounding Asian citrus psyllid and Huanglongbing. President of California Citrus…
It Only Takes One Person to Spread Invasive Pests
…the simple steps they can take to prevent the spread of harmful invasive plant pests. The USDA believes that Huanglongbing (HLB, or citrus greening) was spread from Florida to California…
Research Reveals a New Direction for Halting the Citrus Greening Epidemic
…by David Hall Citrus greening, also known as “huanglongbing,” is a serious disease dramatically affecting citrus production across the world. Trees with this disease all die after only a few…
CDFA Works to Reinstate Emergency Pest Management Protocols
…eating native fish. You expand the bark beetle population in our forests. You allow Pierce’s disease and glassy-winged sharpshooter to flourish…the Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing will expand until you’ve…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 02-19-18
…Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. California Farm Bureau Federation is watching state water policies and over 400 trees have now tested positive for huanglongbing disease in the state….
The Western View: VOC Lab
Citrus greening disease or HLB has become one of the greatest threats to the citrus industry around the world. It is a devastating disease for which no cure has been…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 01-15-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. The fight against the Asian citrus psyllid and the deadly disease it carries, huanglongbing, will receive…