Citrus Industry: May 2011 The mission of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation is to convert research into solutions to protect citrus production from threats of infectious disease. Our process is as rigorous, objective, transparent and as fast as we can achieve. The projects are selected by scientific merit and the likelihood of yielding an [...]

Foundation COO Announces Resignation   ***   Finance and Audit Committee Begins work on 2011/12 Budget   ***   Commercial Product Development Committee Update   ***   Solvers Propose Antibiotics and RNAi   ***   Researchers Post Additional Annual Reports           Vol_1_Issue_10_April-2011

Board Approves Funding for 20 New Research Proposals   ***   Board Approves 2011 Committee Assignments   ***   Shannon Shepp Seated on CRDF Board   ***   CRDF Challenge for Solutions     Vol_1_Issue_9_March-2011

Update on the 2010 Citrus Advanced Technology Program  ***  2011-12 Board of Directors Seated at CRDF Annual Meeting  ***  CRDF Appoints CPDC  ***  CRDF to Contract with FFVA  ***  2nd International HLB Research Conference A Success  ***  Annual Progress Reports for Research Projects Available Online Vol_1_Issue_8_Feb_2011

Coca-Cola and Cutrale Announce Research Funding  ***  Potential Supplemental Funding for CRDF  ***  Board Approves Establishing Commercial Product Development Committee  ***  Choosing Research Investments Vol_1_Issue_7_Dec_2010

Board Tables Consideration of the Integration of the FCIRCC  ***  Research Management Committee Receives 103 Preproposals  ***  CHMA Update  ***  Researchers Post Annual and Final Reports Vol_1_Issue-6_Nov_2010

CRDF Board Approves Use of Incentive Prizes  ***  CRDF Announces Requests for Proposals  ***  Directors Delay Decision on Plan to Integrate FCIRCC into CRDF to Seek Industry Input Vol-1_Issue-5_October_2010

The CRDF has 127 active research projects, most of which are focused on greening.  All the research contracts require quarterly, annual and final progress reports.  We plan to publish a listing of all annual and final reports each calendar quarter in order to provide stakeholders a high level view of the range of research underway.  [...]

The invasion of Florida citrus by Greening has forced us to expand our research and education efforts to develop and deliver solutions to this serious disease. The industry’s prior efforts to fund and direct research to greatest needs over the recent two decades has placed the industry in an excellent position to respond, and the commissioning of a [...]

Citrus Health Management Areas and Citrus Greening by Dan Gunter Growers will be hearing much more about the creation of citrus health management areas — the National Research Council’s (NRC) number-one organizational recommendation for addressing citrus greening. The management areas were identified by the NRC as a way for the industry to preserve significant acreage and slow the [...]