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Provided by American Phytopathological Society More information: Nichole A. Ginnan et al, Disease-Induced Microbial Shifts in Citrus Indicate Microbiome-Derived Responses to Huanglongbing Across the Disease Severity Spectrum, Phytobiomes Journal (2020). DOI: 10.

Senior Public Information Officer Email (951) 827-4580 UC Riverside scientists are betting an ancient solution will solve citrus growers' biggest problem by breeding new fruits with natural resistance to a deadly tree disease. New hybrid citrus fruit bred for disease resistance and flavor.

Authors: Kate Evans, Washington State University, and Michael Coe, Cedar Lakes Research Group, LLC This blog is based on researched published in Crop Science Journal (https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/csc2.

Organic farming continues to expand in California and now includes more than 360 commodities, according to a new University of California report.

Guacamole from Mexico Fuels Surge of Avocado Imports This new article from the Giannini Foundation looks at factors associated with recent rapid growth in demand for processed avocados, including adaptation and adoption of High-Pressure Processing (HPP) technology.