“Greening Summit” An Attempt Toward Industry Collaboration

Gary Cooper January 2, 2008 Citrus, Florida

Here’s another report about the recent closed-door “Citrus Greening Summit” hosted by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) near Washington D C in December, featuring more comments from APHIS Assistant Deputy Administrator Dr David Kaplan. Report (2:00 mp3)
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