This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (CFDA 10.309), is focused on addressing the critical challenge of Huanglongbing (HLB) disease in citrus crops. The $1,496,328 grant, awarded to the Agricultural Research Service's Southeast Area, will support a comprehensive research project to explore the use of the NMV-M/CFL virus as a biocontrol agent against HLB,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) to the Florida Research Center For Agricultural Sustainability, Inc. (doing business as Florida Research Center) to conduct an "Evaluation of Symbiont Technology in Florida Citrus Groves." The project, with a performance period from September 17, 2023 to September 16, 2024, will evaluate...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $445,746 Cooperative Agreement to the State of California Department of Food & Agriculture Citrus Research Board Division, doing business as Citrus Research Board, under the CFDA 10.025 Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program. The purpose of this 3-year agreement is to develop and demonstrate the effectiveness of preventative and threshold-based treatments for the...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $194,921, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), aims to develop environmentally safe and effective biological control methods for citrus canker and citrus black spot diseases. The award to Texas A&M University-Kingsville will support activities such as isolating and culturing candidate beneficial microbes,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $227,254 Cooperative Agreement to the Citrus Research Board, a division of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (CFDA 10.025) federal grant program. The primary purpose of this 12-month agreement is to support the development of methods for controlling the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) in residential and unmanaged...
The purpose of this $160,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) is to validate the efficiency and sensitivity of an area-wide bulk triage screening protocol for Huanglongbing (HLB), a devastating plant disease. The award to Technology Evolving Solutions, a for-profit manufacturer, aims to take the first steps in obtaining...
The University of Florida, through its Division of Sponsored Research, received a $1,128,391.81 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative (CFDA 10.309) program. The goal of this 3-year project is to develop an integrated pest management (IPM) system to address Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening disease, by: Establishing economic thresholds for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) vector to optimize insecticide spraying and enable...
This $1,121,992.00 Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) project grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.309), aims to develop and evaluate two novel delivery systems for antimicrobial therapies to combat Huanglongbing (HLB) disease in the U.S. citrus industry. The lead awardee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, will collaborate with researchers at the University of Florida, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and the University of California, Riverside...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) program, awarded on February 1, 2025, supports research and extension activities to address critical challenges in citrus production. The project, led by the University of California, Davis, aims to develop tools and approaches for managing Huanglongbing (HLB) disease risk in citrus-producing regions with sub-optimal environments for HLB development. Key objectives...
The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $173,979 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on September 30, 2021 to support the Citrus Health Response Initiative Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) Control Program in California. The goal of the program is to keep commercial citrus free of huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease, until long-term management solutions can be found. This aligns with...