(University of California – Riverside) Two conferences on citrus research and diseases will take place back-to-back at the Riverside Convention Center, Calif., starting Sunday, March 10, 2019. Reporters are invited to attend and cover the conferences that will address a variety of citrus diseases, including huanglongbing, a deadly bacterial disease that killed hundreds of thousands of Florida’s citrus trees and gravely threatens California’s commercial citrus industry.

Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/uoc–tct030819.php