Citrus Diseases App is the hand-held application component of Citrus Diseases. Citrus Diseases is a LUCID® tool available at: http://idtools.org/id/citrus/diseases/. Citrus Diseases tools and Citrus Diseases app are components of the Citrus Resources tool. Development of the Citrus Diseases LUCID® tool was funded by USDA-APHIS-PPQ. Conversion of the Citrus Diseases tool to a hand-held identification application was funded through USDA-NIFA grant no. 2011-41533-31090 entitled "New Technologies and Educational Material to Address National Emerging Citrus Pests and Citrus Diseases" to the University of Florida/IFAS Extension. Citrus Disease App is a partnership between the University of Florida/IFAS Extension, Texas A&M University, the University of California-Riverside, and USDA-APHIS-PPQ.

For questions or concerns regarding the technical functionality of Citrus Diseases App, please contact UF/IFAS Programmer Navya Kooram navyakooram@ufl.edu or Project Coordinator Amanda Hodges achodges@ufl.edu.


We would like to thank following for project support and app development support:

Project Director: Dr. Amanda Hodges

Dr. Amanda Hodges, Ph.D.
Associate Extension Scientist
Doctor of Plant Medicine (DPM) Director
Department of Entomology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
achodges@ufl.edu

Project Director: Dr. Norman Leppla

Dr. Norman Leppla, Ph.D.
Professor of Entomology
Integrated Pest Management Program Director
Department of Entomology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
ncleppla@ufl.edu

Project Director: Dr. Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell

Dr. Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell, Ph.D.
Extension Specialist and Center Director
LindcoveResearch and Extension Center
Kearney Agriculture Center
9240 South River end,Parlier, CA 93648

Project Director: Dr. Mamoudou Setamou

Dr. Mamoudou Setamou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
KingsvilleCitrus Center
312 N International Blvd, Weslaco, TX 78596

Project Coordinator: Dr. Gurpreet S. Brar

Dr. Gurpreet S. Brar, Ph.D
Post-Doctoral Associate
The Biosecurity Research & Extension (BRE) lab
Department of Entomology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
gpsbrar@ufl.edu

Application Developer : Navya Kooram

Navya Kooram, M.S.
Software Application Developer
IFAS Information Technology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
navyakooram@ufl.edu

Graphic designer: Kay Weigel

Kay Weigel
Department of Entomology and Nematology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611


We would like to thank the following people:

Key Collaborators

We would like to thank following for project key collaborators for the project support:

  • Megan M. Dewdney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Florida, Citrus Researchand Education Center, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL 33850
  • Patrick Gomes, National Coordinator, Citrus Health Response Program, APHIS, USDA, PPQ, 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606
  • Gregory S. Hodges, Ph.D. Bureau Chief, Entomology, Plant Pathology, andNematology, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, 1911 SW 34th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Michael E. Rogers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Florida, Citrus Researchand Education Center, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL 33850
  • Terrence Walters, Ph.D., ITP Coordinator, USDA, APHIS, PPQ, CPHST, 2301 ResearchBoulevard, Suite 108, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Key personnel

We would like to thank following for project key personnel for the project support:

  • Stephanie D. Stocks, M.S.
    Assistant-In
    Protect U.S. Coordinator
    University of Florida
    Department of Entomology and Nematology
    Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611

Images' Contributors

The Citrus Diseases Tool was greatly enhanced in its value and usability by the addition of several hundreds of images provided by several contributors. Acknowledgements from the Citrus Diseases Tool, listed below, also apply to the Citrus Diseases App. Contributors to the Citrus Diseases Tool include:

  • Ron Brlansky, Jim Graham, Michael E. Rogers, and L. W. "Pete" Timmer from the University of Florida (UFL), Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC)
  • MaryLou Polek, Citrus Research Board (CRB), California
  • David Ezra, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center, Israel
  • A.A. Seif, icipe (African Insect Science for Food and Health), Nairobi, Kenya
  • Antonio Vicent, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Spain
  • Melike Yurtmen, Plant Protection Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
  • Paul Chaloux, Hilda Gomez, Tim Gottwald, Charla Hollingsworth, Richard Lee, Tim Riley, Dan Robl, Ray Yokomi, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-Molecular Diagnostic Lab from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Several images were used with the permission of:

Factsheet Assistance

A special thank you goes out to David Ezra, Ray Yokomi and Melike Yurtmen for lending their expertise and providing fact sheets of diseases and keying those diseases, which were added later in the tool development process.

Other Contributors

John da Graca (Texas A&M University), Tim Gottwald, L. W. "Pete" Timmer, Jim Graham, Bacilio Salas (USDA), and MaryLou Polek helped by providing their expertise and knowledge.