Dantzler praises Monsanto-Bayer’s ‘kryptonite’ but gets defensive about small firms that he’s ignored

Posted atMay 15, 2020May 28, 2020InCRDF Monsanto-Bayer Rick Dantzler

Dantzler praises Monsanto-Bayer’s ‘kryptonite’ but gets defensive about small firms that he’s ignored

The Citrus Research and Development Foundation has started to respond to concerns that its favoritism toward Monsanto-Bayer has come at the expense of smaller enterprises with possible solutions to HLB. CRDF finally let representatives of three innovative companies speak at one of its meetings. DantzlerContinue ReadingDantzler praises Monsanto-Bayer’s ‘kryptonite’ but gets defensive about small firms that he’s ignored

Posted atMarch 27, 2020March 31, 2020Infertilizers testing

Fertilizer literature was written before HLB, professor says

“We don’t really have any nutritional guidelines for citrus because everything on citrus was written before HLB,” says Lorenzo Rossi, a root biologist at the Indian River Research and Education Center. “So the nutrient requirements now are completely different from the nutrients that citrus requiredContinue ReadingFertilizer literature was written before HLB, professor says

Posted atMarch 26, 2020April 28, 2020InBob Johnson CRDF testing

Bob Johnson did tests: ‘Somebody ought to be looking into this’

There might be a cure for citrus greening, says a columnist in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Here’s what the March 26 story says: “Part of the CRDF’s failure was its refusal for years to consider a potential rapid, low-cost solution repeatedly offered for testing. Instead,Continue ReadingBob Johnson did tests: ‘Somebody ought to be looking into this’