— has stopped its slow spread. A 1,127-square-mile quarantine zone that encompasses parts of Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange counties seems to grow every couple of months.
Kahn recently took Dawn Streich, global citrus product manager for the Swiss flavor and fragrance company Givaudan, here on a bright, crisp morning. Near a section dotted with lush pomelo trees, the two stopped and looked over a freshly tilled dirt lot just south of the main campus of UC Riverside. They gamely smiled.In 2017, Riverside County agricultural officials announced they had discovered an infected tree a little over two miles away.
“The deadly citrus disease is in no way selective of which trees get it and which do not,” says Casey Creamer, president and chief executive of the California Citrus Mutual, a trade association that represents the Golden State’s citrus growers. By then, UC Riverside had already implemented backup plan upon backup plan for its personal doomsday.
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PattyArquette Why all the viruses, bacterias, incects, fish, invasive plants that destroy our crops, kills our threes and infest our rivers all comes from China
PattyArquette Oh no!!!!!
PattyArquette About 20 years ago, Florida decided that citrus canker was infecting trees. Their solution was to literally remove every privately owned backyard tree and compensate with a $100 Walmart gift card (total, not per tree). Oddly, no farm crops were included. Only private citizens.
latimes It’s been around for some years killing the citrus sector...
God is a talking. We better read and listen.
latimes Thank you for not putting this article behind a paywall.
latimes We must get past monoculture approach
latimes I read that isopropyl alcohol kills funguses that attack woods while not destroying the wood Could it be possible to treat bacterially infected trees with topical treating medical mix saturated wraps or *? Thank you.
latimes So in essence it’s actually harmful to humans because we won’t be able to eat if all the produce ends up getting this bacterial infection!
GustavoArellano Boy gustavoarellano is sure mad he's(as usual in his frothing mental illness)behind & not bright abt why the has put a media blackout on fake running events Catch up duhduhduh gustavoarellano you're the last to know which fits bc you're the least bright over there. 🤷♂️
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