Maury Boyd Discusses His Citrus Disease Program

Ernie Neff November 26, 2012 Citrus, Florida

Maury Boyd, who popularized the use of nutritionals and other products to keep HLB-infected trees productive, discusses his program while showing Peace River growers his southwest Florida grove recently. He notes that his grove also has a program for canker, and offers suggestions for dealing with HLB in California and Texas, states where the disease was recently found.

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