While conducting the survey of bacteria in onions, a team of Texas A&M AgriLife researchers in Uvalde identified a new pathogen a bacterial species now named for where it was found.
Long-Term Impacts Likely for Texas Ag in Wake of Winter Storm
Early assessments from three top South Texas citrus-producing counties indicate the state will suffer significant citrus crop losses due to the recent winter storm and freezing weather.
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Initial estimates from Texas Citrus Mutual based on crop loss information provided by Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy counties have put total citrus industry losses at no less than $300 million.
“Rio Grande Valley producers had already harvested about 80% of their orange crop and about 67% of their grapefruit crop before the storm, but what remained was all lost,” says Juan Anciso, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Horticulturist based in Weslaco.