Another tree has tested positive for huanglongbing (HLB) disease in California’s citrus birthplace. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) stated last week that a second citrus tree has…
Groups React to Chlorpyrifos Ban
…citrus industry is fighting feverishly to protect itself from the deadly citrus disease, Huanglongbing,” stated Creamer. “In order to do so, we must have the necessary tools in the toolbox…
Latest DATOC Report Highlights ACP/HLB Projects
The Data Analysis and Tactical Operations Center (DATOC) recently released its first quarterly report for 2019. The DATOC report summarized some of the current projects related to combating Huanglongbing (HLB)…
Hold The Line Against Huanglongbing: The Time Has Come to Meet ACP Head On
HLB Can Be Devastating HLB is the most devastating citrus disease worldwide and threatens all commercial citrus production. According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service 2018 Annual Statistical Bulletin,…
Slow and Steady Progress in Gene Editing for HLB Resistance
HLB Infected Citrus Varieties Using CRISPR technology to edit genes in citrus trees to be resistant to Huanglongbing (HLB) can be a slow process, but researchers are making progress. Postdoctoral…
Citrus Research Board to Employ Dogs to Detect HLB
…use specialized dogs to help with the identification of trees infected with Huanglongbing disease (HLB). The process of utilizing dogs is one of the many methods currently being implemented and…
California Citrus Growers Face Existential Threat in HLB
Florida growers know firsthand what cruel twists the story of huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, can take. Since HLB was first reported in a South Florida grove in 2005, the…
Editing Genes in Citrus to Combat HLB
Researchers are working with the gene editing technology CRISPR to help citrus trees be more resistant to the disease Huanglongbing (HLB). Efforts continue on working to determine how the pathogen…
Historical Joint Citrus Conference Sees Record Attendance in Riverside
…week-long event marked the first time the Conference of the International Organization of Citrus Virologists (IOCV) was combined with the International Research Conference on Huanglongbing (IRCHLB). The event had close…
HLB Detections Increased in 2018 as Monitoring Efforts Intensify
Huanglongbing (HLB) may have been found in significantly more citrus trees in 2018, but improved sampling and monitoring offer a reason as to why HLB detections increased so dramatically. In…
How Ag is Affected by Governor Newsom’s Budget
…CDFA and establish 65 positions to enhance Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing detection, suppression, and eradication activities. The proposed budget also expands funding to $18 million for the Healthy Soils…
CCM: Farm Bill Deal Good for Citrus Future
…plant disease Huanglongbing (HLB). The Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund will build upon the program created in the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) title in the 2014…
HLB Detections Nearing 1,000, Priorities Refocused
A series of strategic planning sessions have helped to craft a more detail-oriented approach to address the spread of Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and management of Huanglongbing (HLB) detections. As…
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…