{"id":2397,"date":"2010-12-08T16:02:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T21:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2010-12-08T16:02:40","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T21:02:40","slug":"industry-funding-university-citrus-disease-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=2397","title":{"rendered":"Industry Funding University Citrus Disease Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2400\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Oranges_ARS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2400\" title=\"Oranges_ARS\" src=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Oranges_ARS.jpg\" alt=\"Bowl of oranges (ARS\/USDA)\" width=\"200\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Oranges_ARS.jpg 200w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Oranges_ARS-132x150.jpg 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Agricultural Research Service\/USDA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coca-Cola and Cutrale Citrus Juices said today at that they have each pledged $1.5 million to the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ufl.edu\/2010\/12\/08\/citrus-gift\/\">University of Florida <\/a>(UF) in Gainesville for research into citrus fruit diseases. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citrusrdf.org\/blog\/\">Citrus Research and Development Foundation<\/a> (CRDF), a direct support organization of UF, will manage the funding from the two companies and the research program.<\/p>\n<p>The research is aimed at eliminating the threat of Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), a disease commonly known as &#8220;greening.&#8221; HLB is one of the most destructive diseases of citrus crops, debilitating the productive capacity of citrus trees. The USDA says the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/is\/pr\/2006\/061109.htm\">HLB bacterium<\/a> was detected in the United States for the first time in 2005. Tiny, winged insects known as psyllids spread the microbe.<\/p>\n<p>The CRDF&#8217;s 13-member board of directors is made up of representatives from the citrus industry, academia and government. The group uses a scientific advisory board to identify research priorities and gaps in citrus greening research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coca-Cola and Cutrale Citrus Juices said today at that they have each pledged $1.5 million to the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville for research into citrus fruit diseases. The Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), a direct support organization of UF, will manage the funding from the two companies and the research program. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[92,38,64,26],"class_list":["post-2397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance","category-ventures","tag-agriculture","tag-grant","tag-life-sciences","tag-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions\/2401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}