Dec 2009 news archives
-
Tri-national citrus disease plan being finalized
Media Newswire on December 1, 2009(press release) While the disease has not yet been detected in Texas, there are plenty of psyllids around to spread the disease. “Needless to say, we are very supportive of...
-
Nursery owners charged with transporting quarantined citrus trees
Daily Commercial on December 1, 2009Investigation learned the 500 trees on the rental truck came from the family's nursery, which is under quarantine due to a citrus canker outbreak...
-
Agents: Nursery Tried Selling Canker-Infected Trees
WFtv.com on December 1, 2009Citrus canker can damage the trees and sometimes kill them. Growers say, while it can make the fruit look terrible on the outside, the citrus is fine on the ... and more...
-
LA County supervisors approve pact with university to restore hospital ...
Gaea Times on December 1, 2009California's Department of Food and Agriculture announced the quarantine on Wednesday, one week after discovering several dozen Asian citrus psyllids in Los ... and more...
-
Lake County mother and son charged with trying to sell infected citrus
Orlando Sentinel on December 1, 2009... Plant Industry came to the scene and discovered that some of the citrus trees in the truck were infected with citrus canker , according to the statement. ... and more...
-
US: Tri-national citrus disease plan being finalized
FreshPlaza on December 2, 2009While the disease has not yet been detected in Texas, there are plenty of psyllids around to spread the disease. “Needless to say, we are very supportive of...
-
US: Lake County mother and son charged with trying to sell infected citrus
FreshPlaza on December 2, 2009... Plant Industry came to the scene and discovered that some of the citrus trees in the truck were infected with citrus canker , according to the statement...
-
Latest “Citrus Growing in Florida” Provides Production Info
Southeast AgNet on December 2, 2009... 2009 A classic book about citrus production – “Citrus Growing in Florida” – was recently updated to include information about citrus greening disease ,...
-
Tangerine tango
The News-Press on December 2, 2009Since they bought their land in 1983 and turned it into a farm, they've lost half of an annual crop to hurricanes, survived the threat of citrus canker and ... and more...
-
State places valley citrus fruits, plants under quarantine
The Desert Sun on December 3, 2009The psyllid lives on the leaves and stems — but not the fruit — of citrus plants. The insect can carry a disease — huanglongbing — that is deadly to citrus ... and more...
-
Tasty tangerines terrific for holiday hankering
The News-Press on December 4, 2009Since they bought their land in 1983 and turned it into a farm, they've lost half of an annual crop to hurricanes, survived the threat of citrus canker and ... and more...
-
San Diego County Farms Remain Under Quarantine
HobbyFarms.com on December 5, 2009The Asia citrus psyllid can carry the citrus greening disease huanglongbing (HLB), but no cases of HLB have been found in California, said Steve Lyle,...
-
Plaquemines Parish festival celebrates orange growers' defeat of pest threats
NOLA.com on December 5, 2009The parish launched aerial spraying for more than 500 acres targeting the psyllid, which can cause citrus greening disease and can take years to appear...
-
Turmoil from a China Orange Grower
Asia Sentinel on December 6, 2009Controlling psyllids can reduce the incidence of transmission. Local varieties now account for 90 percent of total citrus production in Guangdong province...
-
US: San Diego County farms remain under quarantine
FreshPlaza on December 7, 2009The Asia citrus psyllid can carry the citrus greening disease huanglongbing (HLB), but no cases of HLB have been found in California, said Steve Lyle,...
-
FL Citrus Research Order Vote Closes Today – Passage Expected
Southeast AgNet on December 9, 2009If confirmed, growers will be putting more money into research in hopes of helping more in the battle to find answers for HLB, or “ citrus greening” disease . ... and more...
-
Citrus greening disease found in western Mexico
The Packer on December 10, 2009Mexican scientists also confirmed more than one dozen Asian citrus psyllids found in traps tested positive as carriers of huanglongbing, also known as HLB...
-
UF Researchers Find Lone Culprit Behind HLB, “Citrus Greening”
Southeast AgNet on December 10, 2009While the team conclusively found the genetic fingerprint of the bacteria commonly suspected to be behind the disease, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, ... and more...
-
US: Florida's orange crop may slump 25% as fruit shrinks
FreshPlaza on December 10, 2009The disease, spread by small insects called psyllids , attacks the vascular system of plants and trees, eventually killing them, according to the USDA...
-
US (FL): Anti-greening tax wins easily
FreshPlaza on December 10, 2009... look like an Obama fan club, Florida citrus growers overwhelmingly agreed to triple their tax burden to fight the dreaded citrus greening disease . ... and more...
-
Psyllid threat explored at California Farm Bureau meeting
The Packer on December 10, 2009But interest in the half dozen or so fruit flies, the gypsy moth, beetles and fire ants paled in comparison to the Asian citrus psyllid...
-
French rocker Hallyday undergoes surgery in Los Angeles
Gaea Times on December 10, 2009(blog) California's Department of Food and Agriculture announced the quarantine on Wednesday, one week after discovering several dozen Asian citrus psyllids in Los ... and more...
-
AGRICULTURE: Citrus pest spreading in Mexico
North County Times on December 11, 2009... an ominous development for Southern California citrus growers because the insect carries huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease , which ruins fruit...
-
All my tweets of the week
The Packer on December 11, 2009... 0... http://bit.ly/8iEGco about 7 hours ago from twitterfeed Movement of fruit interstate from citrus canker region: Printer-Friendly Version Download...
-
Inland citrus heritage facing threat
Press-Enterprise on December 12, 2009The insect can spread huanglongbing, known as citrus greening disease . The insect that was found was not infected and California so far is free of the fatal ... and more...
-
Send some sunshine for the holidays, citrus growers urge
Palm Beach Post on December 12, 2009The rule was designed to prevent the spread of citrus canker , a fruit-blemishing bacterial disease. But a number of studies have shown the fruit itself will...
-
Ag concerns mount
Western Farm Press on December 14, 2009Penson's talk was followed by a look at invasive species, including the citrus psyllid that can carry a disease called Huanglongbing , commonly described as...
-
Chemical, biological weapons used in fight against citrus greening - Vero Beach Press-Journal
Vero Beach Press-Journal on December 14, 2009While more than 100 separate research projects into greening continue, for now psyllids are being attacked with a combination of chemical and biological ... and more...
-
Scientists identify lone greening bacteria
Fruitnet.com on December 14, 2009... of huanglongbing, or citrus greening, that could pave the way for the creation of treatments to prevent the spread of the devastating citrus disease . ... and more...
-
Non-native species invade land, water - Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona Beach News-Journal on December 14, 2009"Between diseases such as citrus canker , which killed off tons of citrus trees, weeds and the bugs that are killing forest plants and crops, ... and more...
-
FL Citrus Mutual Invites California Growers to Join Research Effort
Southeast AgNet on December 15, 2009... in Mexico, is adding to the anxiousness of California growers as they also battle the spread of citrus psyllids already discovered in their region...
-
US: Chemical, biological weapons used in fight against citrus greening
FreshPlaza on December 15, 2009While more than 100 separate research projects into greening continue, for now psyllids are being attacked with a combination of chemical and biological ... and more...
-
US: Report of citrus greening disease in western Mexico worries California ...
FreshPlaza on December 15, 2009However, when it becomes infected with citrus greening disease , also called Huanglongbing, or HLB, the bug becomes a carrier. It flies from tree to tree, ... and more...
-
The Exotic Menace - Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona Beach News-Journal on December 15, 2009Other diseases, such as citrus canker and citrus greening, threaten to kill thousands of citrus trees, causing major economic losses for one of Florida's ... and more...
-
Feared citrus disease creeps closer to California
Los Angeles Times on December 15, 2009(blog) California orange growers say they see ominous news in a report out of Mexico last week that agriculture officials had discovered 51 trees infected with the ... and more...
-
Citrus-killing disease spreading in Mexico (California Farm Bureau Federation)
Citrus-killing disease spreading in Mexico on December 16, 2009Discovery of citrus greening disease in Western Mexico has California officials concerned it could spread here. The citrus-killing disease has done major damage to Florida citrus trees...
-
Class offers basics for handling bee hives - Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona Beach News-Journal on December 17, 2009The state treats it like citrus canker but AFB is more dangerous to agriculture. Few cities -- Palm Beach is one -- have ordinances related to beekeeping...
-
'Greening' Outbreak Threatens Florida Citrus Crops (NPR)
Greening' Outbreak Threatens Florida Citrus Crops on December 18, 2009The "greening disease" is crippling the state's $9 billion citrus industry, but researchers are testing genetically modified plants in hopes of safeguarding future production...
-
Pest-weary orange growers turn to peaches
Tampabay.com on December 19, 2009After battling pests like citrus canker and tristeza for years, growers are wrestling with a new disease called citrus greening...
-
US: Pest-weary orange growers turn to peaches
FreshPlaza on December 21, 2009After battling pests like citrus canker and tristeza for years, growers are wrestling with a new disease called citrus greening. ... and more...
-
Citrus industry on-guard for Huanglongbing
Stock and Land on December 23, 2009And we've had very strict quarantine to help. But the devastating Citrus canker outbreak at Emerald (now eradicated) was a wakeup.”...
-
Nebraska's bovine TB scare nearly over
Gaea Times on December 23, 2009(blog) California's Department of Food and Agriculture announced the quarantine on Wednesday, one week after discovering several dozen Asian citrus psyllids in Los ... and more...
-
Central Valley scientists make progress on citrus disease
Central Valley Business Times on December 24, 2009A new rapid way to test severity of the devastating citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in citrus trees has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ... and more...
-
US: 1st detection of citrus psyllid made in Arizona
FreshPlaza on December 24, 2009Dept. of Ag detected a single adult Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) on a trap on a residential citrus tree in the town of San Luis in Yuma County...
-
USDA Official Clarifies Florida's Citrus Canker Rule
Southeast AgNet on December 27, 2009's Gary Cooper clarifies changes to the citrus canker rule in Florida...
-
Union president files lawsuit to stop $8M sale of county-owned Lincoln, Neb ...
Gaea Times on December 30, 2009(blog) California's Department of Food and Agriculture announced the quarantine on Wednesday, one week after discovering several dozen Asian citrus psyllids in Los ... and more...