- Author: Elizabeth E Grafton-Cardwell
- Author: Peggy G. Lemaux
- Author: Barbara Alonso
This project focuses on developing an automated method for delivering therapeutic liquid materials directly into the citrus phloem. The delivery method is called Needle-Assisted Trunk Infusion (NATI) and uses an ATV with a robotic arm to deliver the therapeutics.
How exactly is it done, and what are the challenges and opportunities with this new way to treat the disease? Visit the Research Snapshot to learn more: https://ucanr.edu/sites/scienceforcitrushealth/Research_Snapshots/Batuman
We have developed short descriptions of research projects that aim to help in the fight against HLB. These projects include traditional breeding and genetic engineering to create resistant citrus varieties, modifying psyllids, employing other organisms to deliver HLB-resistance and using early detection methods to identify the bacterium in trees.
- Author: Elizabeth E Grafton-Cardwell
- Author: Barbara Alonso
What happens once an odorprint shows the presence of HLB? Visit the Research Snapshot to learn more.
- Author: Elizabeth E Grafton-Cardwell
- Author: Barbara Alonso
How are particle films being used to help fight against huanglongbing (HLB)? Visit the Research Snapshot page to learn more: https://ucanr.edu/sites/scienceforcitrushealth/Research_Snapshots/Vincent
- Author: Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell
- Author: Barbara Alonso
- Author: Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell
- Author: Barbara Alonso
Canines have a highly sensitive scent detection capability that is significantly better (parts per trillion) than most laboratory instruments and they can be trained to “alert” (either sit or lay) when they detect specific ‘smells' (known as scent signatures). Most people are familiar with their ability to detect bombs, drugs, and plant material at airports. However, canines are also used to detect agricultural pests and diseases.
For the past 5 years in Florida, researchers have been training and evaluating the efficacy of canines for detecting “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” (CLas), the bacterium that causes huanglongbing (HLB) and CLas detection efforts with canines have recently begun in California.
How can these dogs help in the fight against huanglongbing (HLB)? Visit the Research Snapshot page to learn more: https://ucanr.edu/sites/scienceforcitrushealth/Research_Snapshots/Gottwald/
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We have developed short, descriptions of research projects that aim to help in the fight against HLB. These projects include traditional breeding and genetic engineering to create resistant citrus varieties, psyllid modification, using other organisms to deliver HLB-resistance genes, and early detection of the bacterium in trees.