- Author: Elizabeth E Grafton-Cardwell
On October 12, Lindcove REC provided a post-conference tour for the attendees of the California Citrus Conference. Rock Christiano, Staff Research Associate for the Citrus Clonal Protection Program explained how the program provides pathogen-free budwood to the citrus industry. The participants toured the screenhouses that generate the budwood and the new greenhouse that will provide a protected environment for important citrus germplasm. Dr. Tracy Kahn (UC Riverside) gave a walking tour of her demonstration orchard at LREC and provided information on early mandarin varieties. Therese Kapaun (SRA), Don Cleek (Principal Ag Technician) and Jose Hernandez (Senior Ag Technician) gave a demonstration of the new fruit grading system and high level of detail that it can provide the researchers.