When a new tool to manage HLB is discovered, it must be tested in the grove in new varieties or in treatments like trunk injection. During the afternoon of the Florida Citrus Show on March 13, attendees will have the opportunity to tour two experimental groves to see this type of research in action.
Attendees will see trunk-injection therapies being evaluated at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Picos Research Farm. Growers will see how USDA-ARS scientists are testing new HLB solutions at the farm, home of the Grove-First test site. They will get a behind-the-scenes look at Valencia trees responding to innovative trunk-injection treatments and learn about the framework for finding injectable treatments that improve tree health and fruit quality. Take advantage of this chance to see HLB research and talk face-to-face with Grove-First scientists.
In addition, growers can visit the Millennium Block at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Indian River Research and Education Center. It is Florida’s most comprehensive research block for newly developed varieties. The block consists of 5,500 non-injected trees divided into four independent trials established in 2019. During the 2023–24 season, Triumph and UF-914 showed high productivity, yielding over 200 boxes per acre at a density of 227 trees per acre. These trees also exhibited excellent fruit quality, with Brix levels ranging from 8 to 9 — well above the industry standard of 7 Brix for fruit maturity.
Don’t miss this chance to see promising new HLB treatments and HLB-tolerant varieties at the Florida Citrus Show. Register today!
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