Mar 2010 news archives

  • Board favors greenbelt exemption for Ruskin farm
    Tampa Tribune on March 2, 2010

    Once a thriving business, the farm was wiped out in 2004 when a series of hurricanes blew in citrus canker . By law, all the citrus trees had to be removed...

  • A farmer's horror story
    Tampa Tribune on March 2, 2010

    The short version of the story is that the USDA, reacting to a threat of citrus canker , burned out Mike's farm. The farm was banned from growing any crop...

  • Parsing the Fed's Beige Book
    Forbes on March 4, 2010

    (blog) Atlanta commented that cold temperatures caused minor freeze damage to vegetable and citrus crops. Despite below-average temperatures, Kansas City reported ... and more...

  • (FED) Summary
    Forex Hound on March 4, 2010

    Atlanta commented that cold temperatures caused minor freeze damage to vegetable and citrus crops. Despite below-average temperatures, Kansas City reported ... and more...

  • Growers share latest in citrus at showcase
    Porterville Recorder on March 5, 2010

    After lunch — headlined by Republican candidate for Secretary of State Damon Dunn — the afternoon seminar focused on ACP and Huanglongbing (HLB), ... and more...

  • Proper care may help to revitalize damaged citrus trees
    Santa Rosa Press Gazette on March 5, 2010

    Tending to freeze damage and proper fertilization will be important steps in taking care of your citrus plants this spring and summer. ... and more...

  • McTeer, Three Other Florida Citrus Leaders Honored
    Trading Markets on March 6, 2010

    (press release) It was also used for citrus canker research. One Lake Alfred researcher, geneticist Jude Grosser, said McTeer was one of a handful of family growers willing ... and more...

  • US (FL): McTeer, three other Florida Citrus leaders honored
    FreshPlaza on March 8, 2010

    It was also used for citrus canker research. One Lake Alfred researcher, geneticist Jude Grosser, said McTeer was one of a handful of family growers willing...

  • Fighting aliens with aliens: UK imports insect species to tackle invasive plant
    Scientific American on March 9, 2010

    (blog) One psyllid species, a more invasive insect that somehow snuck into Florida around 1998, has transmitted huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening disease , ... and more...

  • 2010 citrus expectations
    Western Farm Press on March 10, 2010

    They included concern over citrus greening and efforts to keep at bay the citrus psyllid, which carries a bacterial disease called Huanglongbing...

  • Tiny Beetle Threatens Florida Avocado Farms
    CBS 4 on March 10, 2010

    Tiny Beetle Threatens Florida Avocado Farms CBS 4 Howard said the threat from this beetle is reminiscent of the threat from citrus canker several years ago. "Some six thousand acres of lime trees wer...

  • Charlie Neuman / UNION-TRIBUNE
    San Diego Union Tribune on March 10, 2010

    Psyllids have been found in San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties. To date, none were carrying HLB...

  • US citrus disease delivers valuable lesson for Western Australia
    FreshPlaza on March 10, 2010

    It can lie undetected in orchards for several years, transmitted steadily by the psyllids and leading to death of the trees,” he said. ... and more...

  • Sweet harvest for Meyer lemons
    San Diego Union Tribune on March 11, 2010

    Psyllids have been found in San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties. To date, none were carrying HLB...

  • US (FL): Tiny beetle threatens Florida Avocado Farms
    FreshPlaza on March 11, 2010

    Howard said the threat from this beetle is reminiscent of the threat from citrus canker several years ago. "Some six thousand acres of lime trees were gone, ... and more...

  • Citing Freeze Damage, Tropicana Raises OJ Price
    The Ledger on March 11, 2010

    LAKELAND | Freeze damage to the Florida orange crop has caused Tropicana Products Inc., the world's largest orange juice retailer, ... and more...

  • Tropicana to raise juice prices; report optimistic on freeze damage - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
    Sarasota Herald-Tribune on March 11, 2010

    Meanwhile, Tropicana Products Inc., part of soda giant PepsiCo Inc., is raising prices on its orange juice because of the freeze damage . ... and more...

  • Lessons for Australian citrus growers
    Fruitnet.com on March 11, 2010

    ... US to examine the impacts of Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening disease , and believes Australia should take every precaution against the threat...

  • Citrus forecast less chilling
    Tampa Tribune on March 11, 2010

    In February, inspectors found 4 percent of the oranges had freeze damage a half-inch deep in the fruit. March inspections found 6 percent of the fruit ... and more...

  • Some “Repealer Project” targets
    Sun-Sentinel on March 12, 2010

    HB1013: Repeals the staet citrus canker eradication program, which used to give Wal-Mart vouchers to residents whose fruit trees were destroyed by canker...

  • US (CA): Sweet harvest for Meyer lemons
    FreshPlaza on March 12, 2010

    Psyllids have been found in San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties. To date, none were carrying HLB. ... and more...

  • US citrus march forecast and freeze damage report
    FreshPlaza on March 12, 2010

    Freeze damage assessment and monthly surveys were conducted to determine the extent of damage to the Florida citrus crop. The forecast of non-Valencia...

  • State lawmakers taking outdated laws off the books
    TCPalm on March 15, 2010

    One repealer bill eliminates the state's citrus canker eradication program, which once gave residents $100 Walmart vouchers when their fruit trees were ... and more...

  • Marrone Bio Innovations to Receive IPM Innovator Award
    RedOrbit on March 16, 2010

    ... including powdery mildew, downy mildew, Botrytis gray mold, bacterial leaf spot, brown rot, walnut blight, late blight, citrus canker and others. ... and more...

  • PREVENTING POTENTIAL PESTS
    Royal Gazette on March 16, 2010

    Mr. Brown said another problem in Florida that threatened Bermuda plants was citrus greening disease , known in Asia as the "Yellow Dragon" disease...

  • Looming citrus disease could annihilate county's trees (San Fernando Valley Business Journal)
    Looming citrus disease could annihilate county's trees on March 17, 2010

    Agricultural officials are going all out to stop a rapidly approaching pest that threatens to annihilate citrus trees in Ventura County and the state...

  • US (CA): Looming citrus disease could annihilate county's trees
    FreshPlaza on March 17, 2010

    Those that have a bacterial disease — known as citrus greening, Huanglongbing or yellow dragon disease — destroy the trees. Krist and Gonzales said if...

  • Maple Leaf signs Yellowhorn seedling distribution agreement with US entity
    Daily Commercial News on March 17, 2010

    Unni's clients include orange growers whose trees are dying from Huan Long Bing, an un-curable Asian citrus disease , who are looking to move to bio-fuel ... and more...

  • Marrone Bio Innovations to receive IPM Innovator Award
    FreshPlaza on March 17, 2010

    ... including powdery mildew, downy mildew, Botrytis gray mold, bacterial leaf spot, brown rot, walnut blight, late blight, citrus canker and others...

  • County is trapping destructive insects
    San Luis Obispo Tribune on March 18, 2010

    The citrus psyllid is a threat because it can spread citrus greening disease , which is fatal to most citrus trees. The insect, but not the disease,...

  • Korea to export tangerines, apples to US
    FreshPlaza on March 18, 2010

    Korea had exported tangerines to the US from 1995 until 2002, when citrus canker , which causes lesions on the fruit of citrus trees, was discovered in Korea ... and more...

  • Q&A: Why lemons, limes are no longer grown commercially in Florida
    Tampabay.com on March 18, 2010

    Then about 10 years ago citrus canker killed the commercial lime business, Meadows said. Oranges, grapefruits and tangerines remain as the backbone of the...

  • US open to Korean tangerines
    Fruitnet.com on March 18, 2010

    Tangerines from Korea had been shipped to the US from 1995 to 2002, when an outbreak of citrus canker in Korea prompted the suspension of imports. ... and more...

  • Insect traps to be placed throughout county
    Adobe Press on March 19, 2010

    The Asian citrus psyllid can carry and spread Huanglongbing disease, also known as Citrus Greening Disease , which is fatal to most species of citrus trees...

  • In brief: Officials step up battle against citrus pest
    Ventura County Star on March 20, 2010

    Asian citrus psyllids are blotchy brown and about a quarter of the size of a pea. Those that have a bacterial disease — known as citrus greening, ... and more...

  • County growers face a devastating citrus killer
    Ventura County Star on March 20, 2010

    The threat is real, and it is posed by a bacterial disease known as Huanglongbing (HLB), which kills all varieties of citrus trees. ... and more...

  • Like orange juice? Protect it
    Ventura County Star on March 20, 2010

    ... community-wide efforts to find and eradicate the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), a tiny insect that carries the citrus-killing Huanglongbing disease. ... and more...

  • Citrus growers facing a bevy of obstacles
    San Bernardino Sun on March 22, 2010

    The insect is a carrier for Huanglongbing , or citrus greening, a disease that has destroyed a third of Florida's citrus crop. The insect has not been found ... and more...

  • Good news for Aussie citrus exporters
    Food Week on March 22, 2010

    “We saw the devastating impact of citrus canker on the Queensland industry in 2004 and the industry has worked hard with the Australian Government to ... and more...

  • US: Insect traps to be placed throughout county
    FreshPlaza on March 22, 2010

    The Asian citrus psyllid can carry and spread Huanglongbing disease, also known as Citrus Greening Disease, which is fatal to most species of citrus trees...

  • Citrus industry declared free of canker
    ABC Online on March 22, 2010

    The citrus industry says its five-year battle to be recognised as free from canker disease is now complete. Europe-bound exports from Australia's north had ... and more...

  • Destructive citrus greening disease affecting Florida
    RxPG NEWS on March 23, 2010

    If bacteria-infected trees can be found and removed sooner than through visual detection, the number of infected Asian citrus psyllids and spread of the ... and more...

  • Engineered Oranges Needed to Resist Disease
    NAS on March 23, 2010

    If the Florida orange industry wants to resist a sweeping tide of disease that has ravaged its trees for the past five years,...

  • Dividing groves may stop citrus disease
    PennLive.com on March 23, 2010

    AP (AP) — ORLANDO, Fla. - A new study is recommending that Florida's citrus groves be divided into special districts in order to better control the citrus ... and more...

  • Report details steps for battling Florida citrus greening
    Tampa Tribune on March 23, 2010

    It also injects a bacterium that causes greening that spreads when other psyllids feed on infected trees. Cutting down infected trees is the only way to ... and more...

  • Breakthrough to strengthen Australian citrus exports
    FreshPlaza on March 23, 2010

    In a major boost for Australia's $190 million citrus export industry, the European Union (EU) has recognised mainland Australia as free from citrus canker . ... and more...

  • Nat'l Academies: Citrus “Greening” Recommendations for FL Growers
    Southeast AgNet on March 23, 2010

    ... formed the Committee on the Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening Disease ( Huanglongbing or HLB). ... and more...

  • Boost for Australian citrus exports
    Fruitnet.com on March 23, 2010

    The European Union has recognised mainland Australia as free from citrus canker , in a major boost for Australia's A$190m citrus export industry. ... and more...

  • Scientists' Suggestion for Combatting Citrus Greening is Tree Removal
    The Ledger on March 23, 2010

    HAINES CITY | Even the prestige of the National Academy of Sciences may not persuade many growers to remove trees infected by citrus ... and more...

  • Report outlines plan to help Florida fight citrus greening
    The Packer on March 23, 2010

    Florida's citrus industry has a battle plan on how to fight the destructive citrus greening disease. The Bartow-based Florida Department ... and more...

  • Dividing groves may stop citrus disease
    Bradenton Herald on March 23, 2010

    AP A new study is recommending that Florida's citrus groves be divided into special districts in order to better control the citrus greening. ... and more...

  • Report details steps for battling Florida citrus greening
    Tampa Tribune on March 23, 2010

    It also injects a bacterium that causes greening that spreads when other psyllids feed on infected trees. It first appears as yellowing on leaves and ... and more...

  • Business briefs
    News Chief on March 24, 2010

    ORLANDO - A new study is recommending that Florida's citrus groves be divided into special districts in order to better control the citrus greening. ... and more...

  • State not doing enough to save citrus - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
    Sarasota Herald-Tribune on March 24, 2010

    It also injects a bacterium that causes greening to spread when other psyllids feed on infected trees. Cutting down infected trees is the only way to slow ... and more...

  • US (FL): Engineered oranges needed to resist disease
    FreshPlaza on March 24, 2010

    Until then, orange farmers must continue their vigilant efforts to control the psyllid population and destroy infected trees. Wariness should be employed in ... and more...

  • Fruitnet.com - The Global Fresh Produce Portal
    Fruitnet.com on March 24, 2010

    The National Research Council of the National Academies (NRC) has this week issued its final report to provide the Florida citrus industry and growers with ... and more...

  • Disease could wipe out commercial citrus groves
    Tampa Tribune on March 24, 2010

    It also injects a bacterium that causes greening that spreads when other psyllids feed on infected trees. It first appears as yellowing on leaves and ... and more...

  • Scientists make recommendations on citrus greening
    Bradenton Herald on March 24, 2010

    Mac Carraway, president of SMR Farms, which has 1270 acres of citrus, called greening a potentially more dangerous citrus disease than canker. ... and more...

  • Florida Citrus Groves at Risk From Greening Disease
    BusinessWeek on March 24, 2010

    Greening, spread by small insects called Asian psyllids , attacks the vascular system of plants, eventually killing them. Trees infected with the disease ... and more...

  • Disease-free citrus boosts trade to Europe
    News Headlines on March 24, 2010

    ... Australian citrus fruit are free from citrus canker , which means Australian citrus growers no longer need to treat fruit with costly disinfectants. ... and more...

  • Engineered Oranges Needed to Resist Disease: NAS - Checkbiotech.org
    Checkbiotech.org on March 25, 2010

    (press release) Until then, orange farmers must continue their vigilant efforts to control the psyllid population and destroy infected trees. Wariness should be employed in...