Greater HLB-Resistant Rootstock Released

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The United States Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service announced the release of a new citrus rootstock that is showing greater huanglongbing (HLB) resistance. The rootstock was created in Indio,…

HLB Summit Updates California Growers

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…process. Researchers and professors presented at the HLB summit what they believe needs to be done in California to avoid the devastation other states have seen from the disease. HLB

Register Today for HLB Early Detection Technology Summit

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HLB on oranges. Photo courtesy of USDA. Early detection technologies can become valuable tools for identifying huanglongbing (HLB) positive trees before physical symptoms of the disease appear. A massive amount…

Asian Citrus Psyllids Detected in Kern County

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…p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 905 Stine Rd., in Bakersfield. As a reminder, ACP is of grave concern because it can carry the plant disease huanglongbing (HLB)….

Agri View: HLB Time is Limited

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Vein yellowing in a greening-infected leaf (top); normal leaf on bottom Everett Griner talks about solving citrus greening in today’s Agri View. HLB Time is Limited Photo courtesy of USDA/APHIS….