[Pollinator] The pressure is on to eradicate deadly organism affecting citrus crops worldwide

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CATCH THE BUZZ  
The pressure is on to eradicate deadly organism affecting  citrus crops 
worldwide 
from newswise.com
 
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Americans may find a glass of their favorite breakfast staple, orange 
juice,  hard to come by in the next few years if a certain bacteria has its way.  
According to a spokesperson with the Florida Citrus Mutual, Florida’s 
orange crop could shrink within  five years by about 12%, to 140 million 90-pound 
boxes, as the state battles the  tree-killing disease known as the “Citrus 
Greening Disease,” or Citrus  Huanglongbing.   
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 Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) –  also known as “citrus greening” - is a 
serious bacterial disease that is  adversely affecting citrus groves worldwide. 
The disease has already been  responsible for the significant decrease in 
citrus production in many countries  in Asia, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, 
and Brazil. HLB disease, spread by insect called a  citrus psyllid, has no 
known cure , affects all of the main types of citrus, and  can ultimately kill 
the trees. If unstopped, the potential economic impact to  the 
multi-billion dollar citrus industry of the U.S. and the rest of the world could be  
devastating.   
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 HLB was first detected in  Florida in 2005. The Sunshine State’s citrus  
industry is now mounting a multi-million dollar research effort to try and  
overcome citrus greening, as the increasing spread of HLB disease is 
threatening  the future of this sector in the U.S.. With commercial citrus 
production across  the entire state now affected by citrus greening, the Florida 
citrus industry said it plans to carry out  extensive research to find short and 
long-term solutions to the disease.   
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The 2008-2009 harvests, which ended in July, is forecasted at 159.6 million 
 boxes, down from 170.2 million last year. Growers are awaiting a September 
tree  census to determine how many acres of citrus groves have been lost to 
citrus  greening. The disease was first discovered after a parade of 
hurricanes battered  the groves, and has spread to all thirty-two of Florida’s 
citrus-growing  counties.

At present, the only methods available to curtail citrus  greening involve 
using pesticide to kill the insects, hiring more scouts to  inspect the 
groves, and immediately removing infected trees.  
 
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This message  brought to you by _Bee Culture,_ (http://www.beeculture.com/) 
  The Magazine Of American Beekeeping

































































Laurie Davies Adams
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