The state’s orange yield has declined by 90% in the last three decades. In the last 10 years, grove land has halved.
Recent studies have focused on various aspects of CBS, including pathogen identification, climate suitability for disease development, and potential resistance mechanisms in different citrus species.
There are no citrus varieties resistant to greening ... This name was given to the disease because an early sign of citrus greening is a branch or shoot turning yellow. The most identifiable ...
The report recommends strategic planting, continued scientific research into citrus greening that might require a new strain of disease-resistant fruit and increased awareness of citrus production ...
Over the past few decades, citrus trees across the country have fallen victim to citrus greening, a disease that has wiped out large swaths of Florida’s once-thriving orange groves. The disease ...
DADE CITY, Fla. — As the sun goes down on Greg Gude's kumquat trees, he knows he'll be up late checking if temperatures go below freezing at his farm outside Dade City. “Within 3 days after ...
Florida's beleaguered citrus industry received a mixed bag of news this week, with a stable production forecast offering a glimmer of ...