Citrus Research & Development Foundation
Greening and Canker Research
Download the October 2011 issue of our Research Report • CRDF Receives and Evaluates the Next Round of HLB and Canker Preproposals • Upcoming Meetings • Visit our Updated Website—www.citrusrdf.org • Annual and Final Reports The 2011 research funding cycle advanced to the full proposal stage with the actions by the Research Management Committee of CRDF on October [...]
The Citrus Research and Development Foundation is partnering with InnoCentive™ to offer cash prizes for potential citrus greening solutions. The CRDF is requesting proposals for new approaches to control greening (also known as huanglongbing, or HLB). HLB threatens citrus production around the world and since 2005 has spread throughout all of the commercial citrus producing counties in [...]
The No-Cost Extension is a two-page form. Complete only the first page with your project specifications, specifying your reason for the extension and indicating the date to which you would like your current funding extended. It is not necessary to complete Page 2 of this form. Email your completed No-Cost Extension request form to catp@citrusrdf.org . Download [...]
Welcome to our forms and instructions resource page. This pages contains direct links to the latest versions of our online forms and other documents you need for submitting reports and proposals. These forms are best saved to your local computer, completed and then submitted either through the Submit button on the form or as an [...]
Roche and the University of Florida just yesterday in a press release that researchers from the International Citrus Genomics Consortium have made the genomes of Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) and Clementine Mandarin (Citrus clementina) available on Phytozome.net. This project was funded in part by the Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council (a precursor to the [...]
Last week, around 400 citrus scientists from around the world gathered in Orlando to share their knowledge and ideas on citrus HLB. The take-home message from the Second International Research Conference on Huanglongbing is that there is hope on the horizon for managing the disease. Kevin Bouffard, a newpaper reporter for the Lakeland Ledger, wrote [...]
The Coca-Cola Company and Cutrale Citrus Juices of Brazil each recently donated $1.5 million (for a total of $3 million) to the Citrus Research and Development Foundation to help fight greening research. Since 2009, the Foundation has collaborated with the National Academy of Sciences to advance this disease research. These donations reflect the industry’s commitment [...]
There are three documents you need to submit with your full proposal package: Full Proposal Document (up to 15 pages) The two-page Proposal Cover Sheet (required) Supplemental Budget Forms (if needed) Together, these three documents comprise your Full Proposal Package. You will probably want to write your Full Proposal Document before your Cover Sheet. The [...]