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Sterilize Your Soil to Control Bugs and Disease

Cathy Isom has some excellent tips about what you can do with soil to beat back garden bugs and disease. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Learning how to sterilize soil may be the thing you need to make your garden thrive this year. Soil sterilization helps you kill off the pests and fungi that can wreak …

Managing Citrus Rust Mite Populations in Peak Season
Citrus rust mite (CRM) populations in Texas often reach peak levels from late spring through early fall, researchers with Texas A&M University-Kingsville Citrus Center reported. The researchers, Tolulope Agunbiade and Mamoudou Sétamou, offered background on CRM and management practices in “Citrus Rust Mite, Tiny but Mighty for the Texas Citrus Industry,” an article in the […]
Pathologist Provides Update on HLB Spread in Georgia
Citrus greening disease continues to loom over the cold-hardy citrus region. While the industry expands in South Georgia and North Florida, the threat of the disease (also known as huanglongbing, or HLB) remains a focal point of citrus meetings, including on July 28 at the Southeast Georgia Citrus Update in Lyons. Jonathan Oliver, University of […]