From the Extension: Citrus greening can easily decimate oranges and more

https://www.dailycommercial.com ^ | APRIL 23, 2022 | Staff

[Red Badger]

Recently found in California as well...............

[Red Badger]

Florida citrus Ping..................

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Nothing good comes out of foreign countries: Dutch Elm disease, Emerald Ash Borer, Giant Killer Hornets, Fire Ants, Pythons, Chestnut Blight, slaves, etc. etc.

[Red Badger]

ISWYDT....................

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Here in the SF Bay Area, we had the Mediterranean Fruit Fly 40 years ago. We had helicopters flying over us spraying Malathion for days. It was successful, but it drove people mad having the poison sprayed all over the area.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Nothing good comes out of foreign countries:”

Obama

[Dr. Sivana]

Nothing good comes out of foreign countries: Dutch Elm disease, Emerald Ash Borer, Giant Killer Hornets, Fire Ants, Pythons, Chestnut Blight, slaves, etc. etc.

Our ancestors . . .

[Brian Griffin]

We have many other types of trees that don’t seem to get impacted.

Apparently most trees produce one or more resisting substances that citrus trees don’t.

Genetically modified trees should be developed and marketed.

The European nutcases may not like that, but I like orange juice.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"Our ancestors . . .".

Like I said.

[Joe Brower]

Citrus greening was very big news when it first showed up here in Florida. As I recall it, this was a few years before 2005. We had some of this here in Sarasota county around then and there was a bit of a ruckus about it -- seems some state officials discovered a diseased tree, but had been traipsing around on the landowner's property without announcement or permission. One tree was found to have greening, and the policy then was to annihilate everything within a radius of 100 feet or something like that. He chased them off at gunpoint, they came back with the sheriff, and things were tense for a bit there. I think an agreement was reached for some monetary compensation, which, if this fellow hadn't defended his property, he would not have received.

There were quite a few horror stories of whole orchards destroyed by agents of the state government in the mid-2000's. But it's been quite a while since I heard anything more about this problem.

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[GOPJ]

bookmark...

[heavy metal]

a friend of mine in port saint lucie came home from work to two missing orange trees in his back yard when that was going on...

he was not happy...

[moovova]

“Our ancestors . . . “

Look where that got us.

[Justa]

I live next to a swamp. The greening and black mold are horrible to my orange tree. The only thing I’ve found to work is nano silver water with some dishwashing liquid mixed in then sprayed on the tree every few weeks.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

And, in Brazil. Their greening problems, as I understand it, were much worse than ours. Many citrus companies in Florida are now owned by Brazilians. Many of the growers have tried planting older generation trees, before all of the hybrids started showing up, that supposedly resist greening!

[NautiNurse]

The early 2000 citrus disease you are referring to is Citrus Canker. County extension agents routinely inspected yards and ordered trees in a large radius to be destroyed around a single infected tree. Turned out all of that was overkill.

Citrus greening came later. Caused by a flying insect, the Asian psyllid, citrus greening cannot be controlled by the methods used for citrus canker. The infected trees are not contagious; the flying insects carry the disease. So many beloved dooryard citrus have been destroyed by citrus greening. I speak from experience as a homeowner and a Master Gardener.

[jjotto]

Also has showed up in Israel.

[rodguy911]

Diseases trees are probably the cause of so many libs coming to Florida.The minute a grove is declared diseased the trees are mowed down and a year later there is a new subdivision full of yankees.

[rodguy911]

How many of those groves especially in your area are now housing developments?

[Red Badger]

Swapping one disease for another.....................