Really long week and a half.

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A week ago I was sitting in meetings in Florida.  This was a trip with other researchers, extension personnel and citrus growers from Texas to the University of Florida Citrus Research & Extension Center in Lake Alfred.  The discussion included various lesson learned from the situation in Florida.  These information were shared by their research, extension personnel and the Florida citrus growers.  Their situation was unique in that Citrus Greening (CG) first hit Florida in 2005.  At that time, they did not know much about the disease and… Read More →

Hello Citrus Greening

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In looking back, we see some interesting things happen.  Some we were prepared for and some others just surprised us.  It makes me excited to think what might be ahead this year. How would diseases and the environment impact plant health and plant disease issues? Less than 20 days into the new year, something that we had been expecting but hoping that it would never show up in Texas SHOWED UP.  Citrus greening, a disease caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, was found and confirmed in Hidalgo county (in… Read More →

Urgent notice about Area wide dormant sprays for Psyllid control in the Lower Rio Grande Valley

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A few minutes ago, I got an email from a colleague requesting to post the following email from Bret Erickson of Texas Citrus Mutual in regards to dormant sprays for the Asian Citrus Psyllid.  This is primarily directed to our citrus growers in the Rio Grande Valley.  If this caught your attention, check out the HOT TOPIC page on Citrus Greening for more information about these psyllid and the disease that they vector.  And if you know a producer, pass the word along. Thanks.   January 5, 2012… Read More →

Looking back at 2011… a recap

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On the 2nd day of 2012, things at the Plant Clinic are slowing getting back into a regular routine.  Today, we also added a new person to our staff.  Molly Giesbrecht came on board as our Extension Assistant with primary duties in coordinating the plant disease survey projects that we will be conducting this year.  In addition, she will be also helping out with the various project that we have going on in the Clinic. This time last year, we were working with Citrus specifically looking for sweet… Read More →

Happy Holidays. Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

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The Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab will be closed from December 23, 2001 to January 1, 2012.   Today has been a hectic day trying to get everything done so that we can really go on a break. The student workers are off on their semester break. Things in the labs still continues. As with most biological type work, things must go on living.  So someone will have to come in to check on the cultures.  Lately, we had been getting some rains throughout Texas.  It is also… Read More →