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Citrus Tristeza Virus Testing at Lindcove REC
Posted 5/8/2012 - Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV) testing is complete at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center.  Every tree at the Center is tested annually for presence of the virus, and infected trees are removed.  This year we are using a new technique for...

Sunkist Fruit Sorting System Heads for Cal Poly Pomona
Posted 4/21/2012 - In the 1990s, the Citrus Research Board gifted a Sunkist electronic fruit grading system to Lindcove REC, that greatly expanded our postharvest research capabilities.  We recently upgraded the citrus fruit grading system at LREC with a Compac line,...

Tango Mandarin Research at Lindcove
Posted 4/16/2012 - The photo shows an 8-year-old Tango mandarin tree at Lindcove that is being harvested.  Dr. Mikeal Roose (UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences) is conducting research in this plot to look at various lines of Tango on differenct roostocks to see how...

Huanglongbing Found in Southern California
Posted 4/9/2012 - Many of you have heard, that huanglongbing was found in a tree in a yard in Hacienda Heights in southern California.  The disease was found by collecting live Asian citrus psyllids at a trap location into alcohol and testing them for the pathogen.  When...

Master Gardener Training a Success
Posted 3/18/2012 - Lindcove recently hosted a Tulare-Kings Master Gardener citrus training day with farm advisor Michelle LeStrange.  The featured speakers were Lance Walheim who spoke about citrus varieties, Neil O'Connell who discussed irrigation and fertilization, Beth...