Debbie Woodbury
Baton Rouge is Central to Clean Planting Stock for Satsuma Varieties
Citrus is the number one fruit crop in Louisiana. There are several diseases that are extremely detrimental to this industry, namely...
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August 2 - NCPN-Hops Tier 2 Meeting
2:00 - 5:00 PM PST (In-person and Zoom); contact Tanner Hunt at tanner.white@wsu.edu for additional details
August 2 - NCPN-Hops Tier 2 Meeting
2:00 - 5:00 PM PST (In-person and Zoom); contact Tanner Hunt at tanner.white@wsu.edu for additional details
Debbie Woodbury
- Aug 15
- 2 min
Riverside Citrus & Date Center Implementing Significant Upgrades
The National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus & Date (NCGRCD) in Riverside, California is currently renovating its existing...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Targeted Vigilance Keeps HLB at Bay in Arizona
Despite being the only citrus-producing state with no instances of huanglongbing, the Asian Citrus Psyllid is found within the state....
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Debbie Woodbury
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Alabama Preserves Historically Significant Citrus for Gulf Coast Region
The Alabama Clean Citrus Program focuses on providing pathogen-free cold-hardy citrus propagules--primarily satsuma--for in-state...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Puerto Rico, First to Detect HLB, Continues to Wage the Battle of Prevention
Huanglongbing (HLB) or “citrus greening” was first detected in Puerto Rico in 2009; by 2011 it had spread throughout the island. The...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Adoption of Certified Structures Spurs Increased Production of Budwood in and Around Texas
The Texas Citrus Clean Plant Program has grown significantly and expanded in the last several years. Prior to 2013, the Citrus Center...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Leadership Structure in Florida Inspires Renewed Optimism
The Florida Citrus Clean Plant Center is situated within the Bureau of Budwood Registration as part of the Florida Department of...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Exotic Pathogens are Maintained in the Maryland Collection
The Exotic Pathogens of Citrus Collection (EPCC) in Beltsville, Maryland, maintains a unique collection of graft transmissible virus and...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Aug 15
- 2 min
CCPP Workshop in Riverside CA Aims to Enhance Citrus Nursery Production
On May 22, 2024, the Citrus Clonal Protection Program (CCPP) at the University of California, Riverside hosted a workshop titled...
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Debbie Woodbury
- May 18
- 2 min
Rose Collection at Foundation Plant Services
Foundation Plant Services at the University of California, Davis, hosts the largest public collection of virus-tested roses in the United...
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Debbie Woodbury
- May 18
- 2 min
High Throughput Sequencing: A New Diagnostic Protocol for Quarantine Release
One major advancement to reach the FPS rose program in recent years is the adoption of high throughput sequencing (HTS) for disease...
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Debbie Woodbury
- May 18
- 2 min
What’s Next for FPS’s HUGE Rose Collection?
Roses seem ubiquitous in gardens across the United States, but their use in landscapes has slowed in recent years. With constant...
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Debbie Woodbury
- May 18
- 2 min
Texas A&M Is Home to the Largest Rose Breeding Program in North America
The NCPN Rose Center in College Station, Texas was designated as a Clean Plant Center in 2016 and is located on the campus of Texas A&M...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Mar 11
- 2 min
LSU AgCenter transitions sweetpotato growers from seed to clean plants
The Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station was established in 1949. Dr. Julian C. Miller, the first...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Mar 11
- 2 min
In Memorium: Dr. Deborah Golino
This last December the National Clean Plant Network lost one of it’s founding leaders and stalwart supporters. Deborah Golino played a...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Mar 11
- 1 min
Remembering Tammy Abernethy
Micropropagation and Repository Unit (MPRU) colleagues are mourning the loss of Tamara Abernethy. Tammy retired from the MPRU in 2021...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Mar 11
- 1 min
MPRU supports North Carolina State breeding program and certified Sweetpotato growers
The Micropropagation and Repository Unit (MPRU) continues to provide cleanup services for five advance selections to the NC State...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Mar 11
- 2 min
NCPN Economic Studies Show Positive Potential of Clean Plants
Foundation Plant Services has teamed with UC Cooperative Extension advisor Scott Stoddard to conduct virus testing as part of an NCPN-SP...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Mar 11
- 2 min
Capacity-building Efforts between NCPN-SP and the CleanSEED Program
The mission of NCPN-SP is to “conduct diagnostic and pathogen elimination services and to establish foundational planting stock of...
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Debbie Woodbury
- Mar 11
- 2 min
University of Arkansas Continues to Meet Expansion of Sweetpotato Industry
In Arkansas, sweetpotato production has been growing steadily, increasing in production from 3,000 acres in 2009 to 5,200 acres in 2023....
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