Gardeners, this week we are discussing Asian Citrus Greening and Citrus Canker and how we can recognize each of the two citrus diseases. There are numerous plant diseases that may attack citrus trees, ...
Citrus trees are a popular choice for home fruit production in southeast Louisiana. Although relatively carefree as backyard fruit trees go, various problems do occur. I thought it would be helpful to ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Citrus trees showing natural tolerance to citrus greening disease host bacteria that produce novel antimicrobials that can be used to fight off the disease, our recent study shows.
Virtually all of Florida’s citrus groves have been infected with citrus greening disease, also known by its Chinese name Huanglongbing, since the early 2000s. Despite billions of US dollars put toward ...
LAKELAND — Two new treatments for the fatal bacterial disease citrus greening using peptides are generating buzz that the Florida citrus industry might turn the corner against the disease. “I’ve ...
Asian citrus psyllids on a citrus leaf. Courtesy County News Center The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a citrus quarantine in a 95-square-mile area of Rancho Bernardo Tuesday ...
The new growth of my satsuma and lemon trees (both planted two years ago) is being attacked by something. The leaves are all deformed and it looks like silvery trails are running through them. Some of ...
A LARGE amount of valuable investigation has been carried out during the last twenty years on the etiology and control of citrus diseases in the main producing areas, but no book embracing the results ...
The elemental compositions of healthy and infested leaves of three species of lemon trees (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus aurantium and Citrus medica) were compared to determine the impact of herbivorous ...
Kateel G. Shetty receives funding from USDA-NIFA Emergency Citrus Disease Research & Extension (ECDRE) program, grant number 2022-70029-38526 Jessica Dominguez received funding from USDA-NIFA-HSI ...