Tag: citrus greening

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed course on chlorpyrifos, a pesticide used on a number of food and feed crops, including fruits and vegetables.

A new method for treating the ruinous disease huanglongbing (HLB, aka citrus greening) has been approved by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Community Services (FDACS).

Here’s another name you can add for this hated disease: California calls it huanglongbing (HLB), Florida calls it citrus greening disease, and in the Mexican state of Veracruz—the nation’s main citrus producer—it is called the yellow dragon.

The well-recognized Florida citrus license plate may need a redesign -- soon -- as production has declined nearly 90 percent in the state since 2005.

Citrus growers may have a new tool to combat the dreaded huanglongbing (HLB) virus, a disease known in Florida as citrus greening.

University of Florida researchers hope to discover new methods to help citrus growers fight the deadly citrus greening (or Huanglongbing) disease with cost effective, long-term sustainable treatments with the support of recently awarded federal grants.