Bonita Springs is where most Florida citrus industry activities will take place this week. For starters, Florida Citrus Mutual will host its Citrus Industry Annual Conference there from Wednesday through Friday. The Florida Citrus Commission and the Citrus Research and Development Foundation will hold meetings at the site of the Mutual conference. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff reports. Download Audio Register …

In the first of these reports, University of Florida cell geneticist Jude Grosser says genetic efforts to produce HLB-resistant trees probably won’t produce results for a decade. But he says in the second report that a scientist could “get lucky” and find a quicker path to disease resistance. In the third report, he addresses the process of getting resistant trees …

Two recent gubernatorial vetoes of funding legislation have left the Citrus Research and Development Foundation’s budget underfunded. In the first report, foundation chief operating officer Dan Gunter explains the situation and says the foundation will ask the Florida Citrus Commission to make up the funding shortfall. Download Audio In the second report, Gunter says reducing citrus greening research is not …

USDA Horticultural Research Lab Director Calvin Arnold reports on an interesting biological trait of the psyllid that spreads citrus greening disease, and how a scientist is focusing on that trait in an effort to control the pest. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …

Gov. Crist’s vetoes of legislation allowing research funding for Florida citrus are imperiling the industry, Florida Citrus Mutual stated in a media release this week. Download Audio Register Now for the Florida Citrus Industry Annual Conference June 9-11 Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024