Dantzler insists he isn’t making ‘back room’ deals

Dantzler insists he isn’t making ‘back room’ deals

No back-room deals at the Citrus Research and Development Foundation while Rick Dantzler is in charge. At least that’s what Dantzler, a lawyer-politician veteran of Florida’s political back-room deals for years, told the CRDF board of directors at its April 28 meeting. Stung by intensifyingContinue ReadingDantzler insists he isn’t making ‘back room’ deals

Posted atMarch 28, 2020April 28, 2020InCRDF waste and abuse

CRDF says HLB is an ‘existential threat.’ So why won’t it test promising solutions?

“In 2009, the Citrus Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (CRDF) was formed to coordinate citrus research funding in the face of huanglongbing (HLB, also known as ‘citrus greening’),” the CRDF says on its website. “While it addresses the full array of citrus research needs, CRDFContinue ReadingCRDF says HLB is an ‘existential threat.’ So why won’t it test promising solutions?

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