On September 26, 2019, leaders from the California citrus industry and the University of California, Riverside gathered to celebrate the grand opening of a Biosafety Level-3 Lab that will be used by researchers to identify a cure for the devastating citrus plant disease Huanglongbing, or HLB. The state-of-the-art lab is the product of a partnership [...]
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The following is an excerpt from a blog post by the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources written by Jeannette E. Warnert. Click here to read the full article about the UC’s effort to educate residents about alternative backyard fruit trees. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources IGIS programmers, in collaboration with UC Cooperative [...]
Join the California Citrus Research Foundation, California Citrus Mutual, and the Citrus Research Board as we mark the completion of the Bio-Safety Level-3 Laboratory for HLB Research in Riverside, CA; the event is in partnership with UC Riverside. The day will kick-off at 10:00 am with a press conference and ribbon cutting. Immediately following we [...]
Each year the USDA releases an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Report. We have included some notable facts from the report below. APHIS inspected and cleared 3.83 billion pounds of fresh fruit and 1.1 billion plants from 22 countries before being shipped to the United States; identified 130,493 individual pests found during U.S. [...]
On Wednesday, August 21st CDFA Secretary Karen Ross announced the selection of Victoria Hornbaker as the Director of the new Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Division. “Victoria started her career with California Department of Food and Agriculture in 2008 as the Vertebrate Pest Control Program Supervisor in the Integrated Pest Control (IPC) Branch. She has [...]
CCM President Casey Creamer visited South Africa last week as part of a California trade delegation. The delegation was put together by California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross. Also participating was Karla Nemeth, Director of the California Department of Water Resources; Carlos Suarez, State Conservationist with USDA Natural Resources Conservation District; Randy [...]
On Monday, USDA hosted a monthly conference call for citrus-producing states and stakeholders to discuss local and federal activities relative to HLB. Florida reports that due to tree removal initiatives, more intensive farming practices, and nursery regulations, production has improved. They know they are not out of the woods but after years of decline, then [...]
Today, August 15, within literally five-minutes, CCM received notice of two positive conclusions on subjects of keen interest. More elaboration will follow in subsequent Market Memos, but the final final inspection for the BSL3 facility in Riverside has been concluded and the facility is now open for business! USDA returned with biosecurity experts to ascertain [...]
The next U.C. Experts Talk “Understanding effective citrus spray application through computer simulations” will be held via webinar on August 21, 2019 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sufficient spray deposition or coverage throughout target tree canopies is an ultimate goal of citrus pesticide application. Yet, how to achieve this goal is usually a challenge [...]
