Florida Commissioner’s Spotlight: 3-D Printed Psyllid ‘SmartTrap’

Randall Weiseman April 20, 2015 Citrus, FL Commissioner Report, Florida, Fruits, Specialty Crops

Adam Putnam

In this week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talks about how the Florida Department of Agriculture recently developed a 3-D printed “SmartTrap” for the psyllid that causes citrus greening.

To learn more, see Psyllid “Smart Trap”.

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Discover more by visiting FreshFromFlorida.com.

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