[Lapg] Video on Citrus Greening control in backyards

[John Valenzuela]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwpsJqUA3vk

A presentation on huanglongbing (HLB, or citrus greening),  given by Dr. Allan Dodds  to the North County San Diego CRFG chapter on April 20, 2012. Dr. Dodds is Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology, 
University of California, Riverside, who in this video addresses the 
recent discovery of HLB in California, and it's global history.

Some highlights of the professor's thoughts:
HLB is present in California but not known to be established, yet.
Florida will continue to take great losses (10-15% per year), and may never recover.
Genetic modification of citrus varieties for resistance to HLB is ongoing, but will take years.
In the mean time the citrus industry will need to be aggressive, with psyllid control and plant nutrition, but with increased costs. 
Trees will be intensively planted on 10 year cropping cycle.
California's excellent clean stock nursery program will be more heavily regulated, and will need to produce many more trees as replacements are needed.  (Harvey Correia told us that all citrus will be required to be grown under insect screen starting Jan 1, 2013)
Backyard trees may be eliminated in commercial citrus growing areas, even though 90% of all citrus in grown in California is from backyards.

  

For more info about the North County San Diego chapter CRFG visit: http://nc.crfgsandiego.org/

  

JV

John Valenzuela, Chairperson
Golden Gate Chapter, California Rare Fruit Growers
http://www.crfg.org/chapters/golden_gate/index.htm

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phone: (415) 246-8834
e-mail: johnvalenzuela at hotmail dot com
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