For several years now, citrus greening has been decimating residential citrus in Northeast Florida. Previous recommendations were to either remove the tree, or limp along until the fruit became ...

UF scientists are developing high‑tech, gene‑edited citrus varieties to help Florida growers fight citrus greening and speed ...

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. We found the trees ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible for ...

The threat comes from HLB, also known as citrus greening, a tree virus spread by the very tiny Asian citrus psyllid.

Most people know Florida’s citrus industry is struggling with citrus greening. The threat, however, doesn’t exist in a silo, and residential trees – where the plant disease was first detected in the ...

The deadly plant disease called citrus greening that appeared in the Rio Grande Valley last month has led to the destruction of 14 citrus trees as officials strive to control its spread. The Texas ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued a citrus quarantine this week for northern San Diego County and part of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The quarantine was issued after state ...

Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible for citrus greening. It is one of the most promising discoveries to date ...