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Date
January to December, 2012
Venue
Philippines
Co-sponsors
Department of Agriculture-Buireau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI), Philippines
Background / Highlights of Activity

This special project aims to rehabilitate the citrus industry in the Philippines and its neighboring countries through the introduction of integrated healthy management techniques to prevent the re-planted PF seedlings from being re-infected by HLB and virus diseases. Mass production and extensive planting of PF seedlings will be promoted in the Philippines. A training workshop on the healthy management of PF citrus seedlings in the field will be organized in the third year of the project.