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The Guardian Last year Florida, which produces more than 90% of the US’s orange juice supply, was hit by Hurricane Ian, Hurricane Nicole and freezing conditions in quick succession, devastating orange producers in the Sunshine State.
Producers …
Phys.org
by NanJing Agricultural University Huanglongbing (HLB), caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CaLas), is the No. 1 killer of citrus trees worldwide. HLB causes billions of dollars in annual economic losses to the global citrus industry …
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Source: FreshPlaza, Citrus Industry report [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.freshplaza.com/latin-america/article/9512355/first-hlb-detections-in-uruguay/The 1st cases of plants with citrus greening disease have …
The Jerusalem Post
By BOAZ EDIDIN P The Asian citrus psyllid, the insect vector of bacterium that spreads Huanglongbing disease (HLB), the most destructive citrus greening disease, has begun to spread in Israel, putting the country’s …
ABS-CBS News https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/27/22/first-plant-disease-detection-found-in-california
by Steve Angeles | TFC News California In Southern California, state agriculture officials are expanding a citrus plant quarantine in Los Angeles …
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Source: FreshPlaza, Citrus Industry report [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.freshplaza.com/europe/article/9463861/hlb-and-canker-incidences-are-increasing-in-brazil/The average incidence of greening disease in …
UC Riverside
A bacterial species closely related to deadly citrus greening disease is rapidly evolving its ability to infect insect hosts, and possibly plants as well.
The newly identified species belongs to Liberibacter, a family of bacteria …
ProMED
Source: Kuensel Online [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://kuenselonline.com/sarpang-farmers-worry-about-drying-orange-trees/Farmers in Sarpang [Geylegphug] are cutting down orange trees and abandoning the crop. Oranges were widely grown until …
FreshPLaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9358507/citrus-microbiome-might-be-key-to-fighting-citrus-diseases/ University of Florida research
University of Florida researchers hope to discover how microbes may benefit citrus trees in their natural …
FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9305150/fighting-hlb-disease-with-finger-limes/?edition=5
Could finger limes be part of the solution in Florida’s struggle with the HLB disease affecting its grapefruit?
Dr. Manjul Dutt thinks possibly so. …