Subject: Re: Asian citrus phyllid has brought greening disease to south 
Texas - Feb 11


> Here we go for Texas beekeepers. California next?

> Treating year around is what makes the money for chemical companies.
> Treating for prevention is what happened in Florida. Growers like easy 
> even if it costs a 100 bucks and acre.
> treating year around is not IPM.
>
> Once treatment for greening starts beekeepers need to find another place 
> to sit hives in opinion.
>
>
>> Citrus Greening Disease Has Growers on Alert
>> SUSANNAH JACOB
>> February 11, 2012
>>
>> On Jan. 13, the first-known case of citrus greening disease in Texas
>> was confirmed on a Rio Grande Valley orange tree. The tree showed the
>> telltale signs: undersize, discolored fruit and curled, mottled yellow
>> leaves.
>>
>> The one case in a San Juan grove became 14, and the outbreak brought
>> the Valley’s citrus harvest season to a halt, as the United States
>> Department of Agriculture investigates how far it had spread.
>>
>> full:
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/us/greening-disease-in-rio-grande-valley-has-texas-citrus-growers-on-alert.html
>> or: http://nyti.ms/yA8muk

bob 

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