Fatal citrus greening spreads to trees in 11 counties Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach, FL,USA Posted 1-26-06 FORT PIERCE -- Citrus greening, an incurable citrus disease first detected in Florida in August, has now spread to 11 counties, a state entomologist said

Southern Gardens fights canker Newszap Florida - FL,USA Posted 1-26-06 ... disruptions in the growing cycle of the fruits. And now, citrus greening disease adds yet another threat to Florida's citrus growers. ...

Panel Will Advise State's Troubled Citrus Industry The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA Posted 1-19-05 ... As Underbrink noted, however, the industry will be hard-pressed to keep that pace under pressures from citrus canker and citrus greening, two bacterial ...

Citrus at a crossroads as canker program ends Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte,FL,USA Posted 1-13-05 ... "Remember," he concluded, "we still have the greening (a deadly citrus bacterial disease) problem to deal with, and that could likely mean utilizing our

Press Release:  FL will no longer fight citrus canker through eradication.  Posted 1-12-06

Florida growers will get methods to cope Miami Herald - FL,USA Posted 1-12-06 ... completed within about a month, Browning said. It also will look at the complication of the newest citrus disease, citrus greening. ...

Gloom of the Sunshine Tree The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA Posted 1-12-06 ... It gets worse: An even larger threat to the industry than canker is citrus greening, an insectspread disease that causes fruit to turn green prematurely and

Peace breaks out in war on canker Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte,FL,USA Posted 1-12-06 ... It has since spread to 23 counties, as far north as Jacksonville. It has been joined by yet another deadly disease to citrus, called greening.

Feds rule against Brazil in dispute over OJ Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA Posted 1-12-06 ... Their groves have been under attack by citrus canker and now by a relatively new problem, the deadly citrus disease called "greening."

Citrus cranky Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona, FL,USA Posted 1-10-06 ... shifting its focus to surveillance and study -- a move that would help control canker as well as other threatening diseases such as citrus greening, an insect ...
Wilma, Disease Spike Orange Juice Prices Washington Post - United States Posted 12-9-05 ... Citrus growers worry that the spread of canker, citrus greening and tristeza might do more damage than weather. Canker is also threatening ...

Congressman hears concerns Newszap Florida - FL,USA Posted 12-8-05 ... storm damage to the agricultural sector, but the long-term affects from the storm when there is a likelihood that canker and citrus greening will spread from ...

Greening Found in Highlands County The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA Posted 12-7-05 Polk County shows no signs of citrus greening so far, but the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has confirmed a case of the fatal

Canker program has citrus nurseries near 'collapse' Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA Posted 12-5-05 ... quality and quantity. Nurseries also are threatened by citrus greening, also known by its Chinese name of huanglongbing. Greening is ...

Citrus Greening The Bahama Journal - Nassau,Bahamas Posted 12-2-05 Citrus Greening Disease is the latest threat to Florida agriculture and homeowner fruit. ... Citrus Greening Disease is caused by a bacterium yet unnamed. ...

Citrus Under Siege The Bahama Journal - Nassau,Bahamas Posted 12-2-05 ... Today we feature articles on two diseases, which have put citrus production under siege. These two diseases are the Leaf Miner and Citrus Greening. ...

Control is key for new citrus pest Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA Posted 11-29-05 The state aims to control citrus greening, and won't adopt the slash-and-burn strategy used for canker. With scientists fearing

Growers and homeowners can help detect citrus disease Southwest Farm Press - Overland Park, KS,USA Posted 11-29-05 Citrus greening is often hard to detect because its symptoms are almost identical to those that occur from nutritional deficiencies. ...

Citrus production threatened, prices due to rise FoodNavigator-USA - Montpellier,France Posted 11-29-05 ... The industry is also currently threatened by a plant condition from China known as yellow dragon disease or citrus greening that has been found in southeast ...

Citrus crop in Valley at risk for diseases Monitor - McAllen,TX,USA
... citrus canker, a rapidly spreading bacterial disease that has destroyed about 10 percent of Florida's commercial citrus groves; citrus greening, a disease ...

Canker Is Killing Florida's Citrus Nursery Industry  The Ledger - Lakeland, FL,USA Posted 11-18-05 ... State and industry officials are considering enacting such a prohibition to protect the nursery stock from infection by canker and citrus greening, a fatal

Scientists combat citrus diseases Newszap Florida - FL,USA Posted 11-17-05 ... loss in income, but growers are also being challenged by two potentially devastating diseases infecting the wholesome baubles: citrus greening and canker.

Growers and Homeowners Can Help Detect Citrus Disease Newswise (press release) - USA Posted 11-9-05 ... trees. Citrus greening, also known as huanglongbing, was recently discovered in samples collected from trees in South Florida. Although ...

Potential double threat to citrus revealed Western Farm Press - USA Posted 11-9-05 ... Infected nymphal stages feed on new buds and cause yellowing of new shoots, hence the other common name, "Huanglongbing," or yellow dragon disease, in ...

 Suspected Citrus Greening Found in Polk The Ledger - Lakeland, FL,USA Posted 11-9-05 Surveying teams for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumers Services have found 40 possible cases of the fatal citrus greening disease in Polk ...