…go.” Citrus Showcase attendees also got an update on the Asian citrus psyllid program. Cooperative Extension Citrus Entomologist Beth Grafton-Cardwell said there have been 34 trees confirmed with huanglongbing in…
Citrus Showcase This Week
…2 at the Visalia Convention Center. The annual meeting gets the latest huanglongbing (HLB), Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and water management research out to growers. CCM Vice President Bob Blakely…
Fighting a Citrus Killer
…feeds on citrus trees and – in doing so – transmits Huanglongbing. Past research has identified the bacterium (Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus or CLas) associated with Huanglongbing that is killing citrus…
CCM Supports Stay on Argentine Lemon Rule
…The bacteria responsible for Huanglongbing (HLB), a disease that has devastated citrus industries around the world including Florida, has been present in Argentine since 2012 and potentially threatens 336,056 acres…
USDA Grants California Over 5 Million for Citrus Greening Research
…nation’s citrus industry, citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB). UC Riverside will receive $5,112,000 of that funding for a program to design and identify bactericides that can cure…
USDA Invests in Citrus Greening Research
…thrive and to encourage growers to replant with confidence.” Huanglongbing (HLB) is currently the most devastating citrus disease worldwide. HLB was first detected in Florida in 2005 and has since…
CRB Researcher Honored with Presidential Award
…future for the California citrus industry.” Cilia’s CRB-funded research focuses on huanglongbing (HLB or citrus greening disease), which currently is the most critical threat to the U.S. citrus industry. HLB…
New HLB Find Outside Current Quarantine
Another tree has been confirmed as huanglongbing (HLB) positive in Southern California. This most recent HLB find is outside of the current quarantine, which is just north in Los Angeles…
Tarping Mandatory to Reduce ACP Spread
…psyllid finds increase in commercial citrus regions and along major transportation corridors, the CPDPC felt the action was a necessary step to help prevent the spread of Huanglongbing – the…
CCM Response to Argentinian Lemon Rule
…my costs rise for invasive pests and disease, most notably the Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing, I am being asked to accept more vulnerability,” Pidduck concludes. “Former President Eisenhower once…
Inconclusive Results Hint at More HLB
The current huanglongbing disease test can produce inconclusive results and California citrus leaders say the industry should assume there are more infections in the state. The current test for huanglongbing…
Monitoring Plant Metabolism to Detect HLB
Huanglongbing (HLB) pre-screening through analyzing plant metabolism holds potential to be a relatively inexpensive option for growers. Caroline Slupsky, professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science and the…
HLB Positive Finds Rise to 30
Two more trees have been confirmed HLB positive in Southern California. This brings the total number of confirmed positive trees found in California to 30. The California Department of Food…
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…HLB-infected trees in commercial California citrus, but experts on the forefront of the fight believe that given the proliferation of the psyllid, which can carry HLB, it’s only a matter…