Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB), and citrus canker are two devastating diseases that have plagued citrus trees worldwide, causing significant economic losses to citrus growers. In the search for effective solutions to combat these diseases, a promising innovation has emerged in the form of CS 2005, an advanced copper formulation with remarkable properties […]
CS 2005 Proven to Reduce HLB Titer in Trees
CS 2005 Proven to Reduce HLB Titer in Trees In the early days of HLB’s endemic spread across Florida, growers began trying many different products to mitigate the disease’s impact on grove productivity. At the time, there was a belief that any treatment that required each individual tree to be touched by a person was […]
Systemic Bactericides to Control Systemic HLB Infection
A trial was initiated in July for evaluation of Magna-Bon (copper sulfate pentahydrate) by trunk injection/infiltration on expression of HLB. The trial is located in Southern Grove in Clewiston, FL in a block of 8 year-old Valencia orange trees. There are 7 treatments with 20 trees per treatment and each treatment has 6 blocks of […]