Fighting a ravaging disease : a review of the citrus greening research and development efforts supported by the Citrus Research and Development Foundation / Committee on a Review of the Citrus Greening Research and Development Efforts, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, editor.

Committee on a Review of the Citrus Greening Research and Development Efforts, editor.

Division on Earth and Life Studies, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citrus--Diseases and pests.

Citrus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2018]

Summary:

Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, first observed more than a hundred years ago in Asia, is the most serious disease threat to the citrus-growing industry worldwide due to its complexity, destructiveness, and incalcitrance to management. First detected in Florida in 2005, HLB is now widespread in the state and threatens the survival of the Florida citrus industry despite substantial allocation of research funds by Florida citrus growers and federal and state agencies. As the HLB epidemic raged in 2008, Florida citrus growers began allocating funds for HLB research in hopes of finding short-, medium-, and long-term solutions. This effort created the Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), an organization with oversight responsibility for HLB research and development efforts in Florida. This report provides an independent review of the portfolio of research projects that have been or continue to be supported by the CRDF. It seeks to identify ways to retool HLB research-which, despite significantly increasing understanding of the factors involved in HLB, has produced no major breakthroughs in controlling the disease-and accelerate the development of durable tools and strategies that could help abate the damage caused by HLB and prevent the possible collapse of the Florida citrus industry.

Contents:

Acronyms and abbreviations

Executive summary

Summary

Introduction

Current knowledge on Huanglongbing (HLB) and the interactions of the pathogen vector, and host

HLB research and development efforts

Notable outcomes, pitfalls, and future directions

Appendixes

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309472173

0309472172

9780309472159

0309472156