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New ACP/HLB Research Resource Available

April 4, 2017

By Ben A Faber

The University of California launched the Science for Citrus Health website to keep the citrus industry abreast of research currently being conducted to protect citrus from Huanglongbing.

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Poison Prevention Now and Forever

April 3, 2017

UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), poisoning is the number one cause of injury-related death in the United States, and 1073 people in California were poisoned by pesticides in 2014 alone.

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Part of an Integrated Program for Controlling Asian Citrus Psyllid

March 29, 2017

By Ben A Faber

This is the abstract of a presentation that was made at the recent Huanglongbing Conference held in Orlando, FL. This and other paper abstracts will soon be available at: http://irchlb.org/files/33373ab0-7df3-4117-9.

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$92 Avocado for Wholesale Trees? Avocado Trees are Selling Well.

March 27, 2017

By Ben A Faber

A recent auction in South Africa was selling 'Maluma' variety of avocado for $92 a tree. That is more than the average price of avocado nursery trees in that country and a lot more than what is paid in California or Florida.

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Huanglongbing Conference and the Forefront of HLB Research

March 24, 2017

By Ben A Faber

The recent Huanglongbing Conference in Orlando, FL was chock full of people and ideas. Some of the ideas were still in the fermentation state and some were in practice on farm.

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