News tagged with citrus groves
Foreign insects, diseases got into US
(AP) -- Dozens of foreign insects and plant diseases slipped undetected into the United States in the years after 9/11, when authorities were so focused on preventing another attack that they overlooked a ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Jamaica bans sale of citrus plants to control pest
(AP) -- Jamaica has shuttered all citrus nurseries across the tropical country to try and check an invasive pest that carries a fast-spreading bacteria capable of devastating its $43 million commercial industry, officials ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Psyllid identification key to area-wide control of citrus greening spread
At least six psyllid species have been found in the citrus-growing areas of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist who is working to control the spread of the psyllid-transmitted ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Scientists Find Evidence of Casuarina Hybrids
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hybrids of the invasive Australian plant species Casuarina exist in Florida, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and university cooperators have found.
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Citrus greening bacterium may 'ring the dinner bell' to attract insect
The bacterium responsible for citrus greening causes infected trees to give off a scent that rings the dinner bell for the disease-carrying insect, University of Florida researchers say.
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Texas experts hope citrus greening disease is not widespread
Years of proactive efforts to protect the Texas citrus industry should fend off the ill effects of the recent finding of citrus greening disease, according to industry leaders and citrus experts.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Scientists release natural enemy of asian citrus psyllid
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Riverside scientists released a natural enemy of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) this morning on campus to help control the spread of the psyllid, an invasive pest ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Calif. pest trapper helps thwart citrus disease
(AP) -- On a bright July morning, Adam Marler punched locations into a GPS device and set off in his pickup truck from Fresno into the back roads and citrus orchards of California's Central Valley.
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Insecticide resistance developing in psyllid that carries citrus disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- In Florida's war against citrus greening, producers face a new threat -- the insects they’re fighting are becoming less sensitive to insecticides, according to a new University of Florida study.
May 10, 2011 |
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South American beetle released by UF researchers benefits Florida ranchers
Over the past two decades, Florida cattle ranchers have spent as much as $16 million a year doing battle with an invasive weed called tropical soda apple, known as TSA, that takes over pastures, elbowing out the forage grasses ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Bees in more trouble than ever after bad winter
(AP) -- The mysterious 4-year-old crisis of disappearing honeybees is deepening. A quick federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter, while a new study shows honeybees' pollen and hives laden ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Destructive citrus greening disease affecting Florida
Urgency, cooperation, and persistent management are needed among producers, processors, government officials, and scientists while solutions are developed and implemented to combat the citrus greening disease threatening ...
Mar 23, 2010 |
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New Method Tests Severity of Key Citrus Virus
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new rapid way to test severity of the devastating citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in citrus trees has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Parlier, Calif. The ...
Dec 28, 2009 |
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ARS Scientists Help Fight Damaging Moth in Africa
(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have launched a preemptive strike to combat the false codling moth, a major pest in its native Africa.
Dec 11, 2009 |
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