…(HLB)Huanglongbing (HLB), which has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (CDRE),…
Agri View: New Citrus Crop
…is measured by growth. And now there are over three-hundred growers in Georgia. So far HLB has not been a problem to these Georgia citrus growers. But, it is early…
USDA Warns it Only Takes One Person to Spread Harmful Invasive Pests
…a camping trip, buying plants or seeds online, or mailing a friend a gift of homegrown fruit.” For example, USDA believes Huanglongbing (HLB, or citrus greening) was spread from Florida…
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…
CCM Supports Stay on Argentine Lemon Rule
…to protect the U.S. citrus crop against HLB and the insect vector Asian citrus psyllid. As growers, government, and homeowners work to prevent further spread of HLB in or outside…
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…
Inconclusive Results Hint at More HLB
…(HLB) disease is to run an Asian citrus psyllid or tree sample through a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine. The machine cycles 40 times, and if it can’t find the…
Monitoring Plant Metabolism to Detect HLB
…changes to citrus trees, but the metabolic pathways of HLB are unique. A key goal of this research is to offer screening for HLB sooner rather than intensive testing later….
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…
Smelling Huanglongbing for Early-Detection
…a test that could lead to advances in fighting huanglongbing (HLB) disease in citrus. Researcher and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Christina Davis, said the test looks for a…