Good Citrus Nutrition Helps With HLB – And Greasy Spot, Too!

Dan October 26, 2011 Citrus, Florida

In the first of these reports, University of Florida researcher Tim Spann discusses yet more evidence that enhanced nutrition sustains HLB-infected citrus trees.
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In the second report, he tells how researchers working on HLB serendipitously discovered that good nutrition also has a positive impact on greasy spot.

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