Strategic planning for the Florida citrus industry : addressing citrus greening disease /

"Citrus greening, a disease that reduces yield, compromises the flavor, color, and size of citrus fruit and eventually kills the citrus tree, is now present in all 34 Floridian citrus-producing counties. Caused by an insect-spread bacterial infection, the disease reduced citrus production in 20...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Citrus > Diseases and pests > Florida.
Citrus fruit industry > Florida.
Citrus fruits > Florida > Coloring.
Agrumes > Industrie > Floride.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
GARDENING > Fruit.
Citrus > Diseases and pests
Citrus fruit industry
Citrus fruits > Coloring
Florida
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Challenges to citrus production
  • Citrus greening research and development and industry preparedness
  • Recommendations on organizational changes, technology development, and systems approaches for minimizing the impacts of Huanglongbing and other diseases and pests in Florida citrus
  • Strategies for implementing plans for mitigation of Huanglongbing and other problems in citrus production.

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