Pest and Disease

California Citrus Exporters: The California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) is contacting the industry to provide information on how to comply with the China and Korea export protocols. China [...]

The attached Information for Citrus Growers and Grove Managers has been updated to include Sefina (EPA Registration Number 7969-391) as a product available to be used when conducting preharvest [...]

To My Fellow Citrus Industry Members, In the past few months, we have seen sporadic Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) detections popping up across California. While the citrus industry’s efforts [...]

July 9, 2020 The Federal Omnibus agreement that was signed over the holidays continued funding programs that are vital to the citrus industry’s ongoing battle against Huanglongbing and the [...]

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is currently accepting proposals for its Request for Proposal for a contractor to serve as the Riverside County grower liaison. Proposals [...]

By Keith Watkins Imagine if the Central Valley was no longer able to grow and harvest citrus fruit. Imagine if this treasured state crop and vital part of our region’s economy slowly disappeared, [...]

VISALIA, CALIF. – October 22, 2020 – A total of $45 million in funding for citrus research during the 2020-21 fiscal year was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture National [...]

Effective October 19, 2020, the Department has expanded the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) Bulk Citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 6 to reflect the recent Huanglongbing (HLB) quarantine boundary [...]

A quarantine expansion has been declared following the detection of the citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening, in five residential citrus trees located in Rancho Cucamonga. This [...]