UF scientists are developing high‑tech, gene‑edited citrus varieties to help Florida growers fight citrus greening and speed solutions from lab to grove.
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 ...
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 you've had ...
FORT MEADE, Fla. — Screen structures stretch for as far as the eye can see across a swath of land in Polk County. It's the newest and largest site where 'Citrus Under Protective Screen' or 'C.U.P.S.' ...
July 3, 2025 - by Ashley Vargo -- Texas A&M AgriLife Research is launching a multi-institutional study to develop and evaluate systems that deliver treatments to trees affected by citrus greening ...
Anne Simon, a University of Maryland professor has had a USDA grant frozen for months. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) A Maryland researcher who is studying possible treatments for a disease that’s killing citrus ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A statewide citrus quarantine was issued for Mississippi after one of the “most serious” citrus plant diseases in the world was detected in the state. Citrus greening, also ...
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 you've had ...