Agri View: Benefits of Agriculture Research

Everett Griner talks about agriculture research in the new Farm Bill in today’s Agri View.

CITRUS NURSERY SOURCE: Moving From Creation to Adoption
By Peter Chaires Growers and nurserymen have come to understand that citrus breeding is a continuum. It can’t be turned on and off like a light switch. Though priorities of emphasis, available techniques, tools and technologies may change, large shifts in breeding objectives take time and can produce delays and inefficiencies. Making crosses is a […]
CUPS and IPCs Spotlighted at Field Day
In the long battle against HLB, there have been no tactics as successful at safeguarding citrus trees as protective screen. Citrus under protective screen (CUPS) structures can exclude the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and HLB from entire blocks, while individual protective covers (IPCs) can keep individual trees free of HLB for the critical first few […]