The Tropical Fruit Forum
Citrus => Citrus General Discussion => Topic started by: Millet on October 27, 2018, 02:12:30 PM
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As of Oct. 9, there have been 906 positive HLB detections in California. “The real hot spot for us right now is Orange County. We’re finding a lot of HLB-positive trees in Garden Grove and Anaheim,” said Victoria Hornbaker, interim citrus program director with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).
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Tragedy.
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Very bad news. Anyone heard from Gene Lester recently? He's up in Watsonville & has probably the largest private citrus collection in the world. He has sent me many different budwood varieties in the past, but haven't heard from him in a while.
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OC is mild enough for ACP to thrive year round.
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If it can survive and thrive in Florida, it can survive and thrive in So Cal...this was inevitable.
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HLB has never been stopped anywhere in the world.. Unless a miracle occurs it won't be stopped in California. Laaz I have not heard a word from Gene Lester in years.
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There is a cheap way to check the citrus whether it has a HLB, not 100% accurate, but might give you an indication that your plant has the virus. Then you can submit the sample for PCR or use an ELISA test.
With the use of a iodine solution available at drugstores, one can perform the test at home.
Here are instructions:
https://crec.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/greening/PDF/HS37500.pdf (https://crec.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/greening/PDF/HS37500.pdf)
To be sure 100% with those tested positive, one can buy a kit for $US 300 from Agdia.