Citrus Greening Research Projects and Advice From Researchers

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

Entomologist Dr Michael Rogers, UF/CREC In the first report, Dr Michael Rogers (photo left) from University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center at Dr. Calvin ArnoldLake Alfred has more comments about the effectiveness of neighboring citrus growers working together to best control citrus psyllid, which is the vector of citrus “greening” disease. In the second report, Director of USDA’s Horticulture Lab in Ft Pierce, Dr Calvin Arnold, discusses an interesting research project done for grapes that may have some helpful information in the search for answers about citrus “greening”. Listen To wma Report (1:00 mp3) Listen To wma Report (1:00 mp3)