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Kalopa Guy:
Kinda wondering if any hobbyists on this forum has encountered this in their  backyards yet.  AKA / Citrus Greening Disease
Wondering if maybe USDA / Fla. St, Dept of Ag  is stepping up to save the industry. 
Pretty sure death nell there for Fla Citrus.   next Ca... headed to Hawaii zero doubt.
Maybe contact congressional reps and demand exemptions to USDA /UDAID cuts to research and plant quarantine.

Artocarpus:
Yes, all my citrus is gone. A couple of years ago I put in key lime doing well so far. I believe these new plants have been modified to be resistant. I believe that part is already done if not mistaken.

booeyschewy:
California implemented a program to avoid it and it appears to have worked. It’s slammed Brazil and seems that citrus is dead here so they’re moving to new areas where it will probably take hold again. Tough disease

JakeFruit:
No, it's been spreading in California for a year or more https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/citrus/pests_diseases/hlb/regulation.html

Calusa:
Yes I've lost a Minneola and a couple of Dancy's to greening. Honestly, I believe those trees were already infected when I got them. I am now experimenting with a Tango (tangerine) and a Sugar Belle tangelo, which were protected by a psyllid-proof screening canopy from the beginning until Milton ripped them off last October. Oh well the trees had outgrown them anyway.

So now they are at the mercy of the citrus gods. They are supposed to be HLB resistant (Sugar Belle) and HLB tolerant (Tango). So far, so good, no sign of any disease or major pests - they both gave my back yard that heavenly aroma the past few weeks and are now loaded with baby fruitlets.

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