Citrus Greening was discovered in 2005. Since then, it’s caused widespread destruction of the Florida citrus industry, with no known cure. The CRDF was established in 2008 to combat HLB. Since then, many products, procedures, and systems have been tried to find an effective solution to the outbreak. However, no such solution has been established, and Florida’s citrus industry continues to suffer with an uncertain future.
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ANTIBIOTICS — DANGEROUS AND INEFFECTIVE.
Citrus Greening has made national headlines, and the controversial antibiotic solution has received negative press, including from National Geographic. In addition, groups such as “Keep Antibiotics Working” have advocated for the EPA to retract the Section -18 emergency registration for oxytetracycline, citing concerns that it may weaken its efficacy in humans. In other news, the general overuse of antibiotics is causing the evolution of “nightmare bacteria,” which are resistant to modern antibiotics and are wreaking havoc on human health.
The National Institute of Health is warning of a “Rapid emergence of resistant bacteria worldwide, endangering the efficacy of antibiotics.”
The August 2017 trial by the CRDF, which treated over 131,000 acres with MycoShield, FireLine, and FireWall products, concluded that “multiple years” were required before the hoped-for results could be shown. In the publicly available trial summary, “CRDF Bactericide Field Trial Update” presented at the Citrus Expo on August 17, 2017, 8 out of 16 trial sites actually experienced decreases in fruit yield compared to untreated trees:
