Lindcove REC Blog

Citrus Tristeza Virus Testing at Lindcove
Posted 4/19/2013 - Annual disease testing for Citrus tristeza virus (CTV)  is nearly complete at LREC.  Each year we test all field trees for presence of the virus using the Direct Tissue Blot Immunoassay method, which is a form of ELISA.  This year we have...

Harvest Time for New Rootstock Trial
Posted 3/21/2013 - Dr. Mikeal Roose (Dept. of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside) attends the first harvest of a new rootstock trial located south of LREC in a private orchard.  The research trial consists of 300 trees of Tango mandarin on many different...

Tango harvest and packline
Posted 2/27/2013 - This week Beth Grafton-Cardwell's entomology research team harvested 288 3-year-old 'Tango' mandarin trees, and ran the fruit over the Lindcove fruit grading system.  Her group is studying the long-term effects of reducing citrus leafminer...

UC ANR Program Council visits Lindcove REC
Posted 2/20/2013 - The UC ANR Program Council held their February business meeting at Lindcove REC, where they were able to taste a selection of the more than 400 citrus varieties grown at the Center.

Fruit Display at World Ag Expo
Posted 2/14/2013 - Each year Lindcove REC donates fruit for the World Ag Expo in Tulare.  This year's show has more than 1400 exhibitors and expects to receive at least 100,000 visitors.  The colorful fruit display at the Citrus Research Board's booth has 55...