…you are a citrus producer, you might see 2020 as a banner year – the year we turned the corner on the blight of HLB. HLB, which is short for…
The Western View: California is Winning the War on ACP
…and Agriculture and the University of California, working with strong grower support, have worked hard to keep HLB out of California orchards, but everyone knew it was inevitable, HLB would…
Week in Review: Increased ACP Trap Finds and Ag Rallies to Defeat Prop 15
The ACP/HLB San Joaquin Valley Task Force is calling attention to the recent rise in Asian citrus psyllid trap findings in Kern County. As election day continues to draw nearer,…
Task Force Addressing Increased ACP Trap Finds in Commercial Citrus
The ACP/HLB San Joaquin Valley Task Force is calling attention to the recent rise in ACP trap findings in Kern County. Over the last two months, there have been a…
Addressing HLB Challenges Through Organic Citrus Survey
…of an ongoing project aimed at assisting organic citrus growers who are working to combat HLB. Since the discovery of HLB in the U.S. back in 2005 the disease has…
Week in Review: HLB Solution in Sight? Ag Avoids Some Legislative Challenges
Producers may have gotten a bit of relief from potential legislative challenges as the most recent legislative session resulted in significantly fewer bills being passed. Researchers are continuing the fight…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 09-15-20
…after they announced the cancellation of the 2021 show. Also learn how the state is helping the ag industry with N95 respirators and get the details on a potential HLB…
HLB Solution Could Be Available in Three Years
Finger limes contain a peptide that could control HLB University of California, Riverside (UCR) scientist Hailing Jin believes she has found a substance capable of controlling the deadly citrus greening…
The Western View: UC Turns The Tide on HLB
…greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing or HLB. This disease has devastated citrus crops and baffled scientists around the globe. So the need for an HLB cure is a global…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 08-14-20
Today’s Farm City Newsday has reports from Brian German on the HLB-positive Asian citrus psyllid found in a southern California commercial citrus grove and how that isn’t necessarily surprising. Danielle…
Infected ACP in Commercial Grove ‘Not A Surprising Development’
Officials are working to conduct surveys after an Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) carrying the bacteria which causes huanglongbing (HLB) was found in Riverside County. It marks the first time that…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 08-11-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering the onion recall due to a salmonella outbreak, HLB…
New Targets for Huanglongbing Treatments
…with Huanglongbing or HLB, also known as citrus greening disease. The team’s work is described in a new paper published in Nature’s npj Systems Biology and Applications. The research team made models…
CLas-Positive ACP Discovered in Riverside Commercial Grove
…the ACP/HLB Action Plan from the perimeter of all commercial groves and all residential HLB host plants that are located within a 250-meter radius around the find. An expansion of…