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Successful science: Mesh now covers about 1 million citrus trees in Florida, keeping Asian citrus psyllids at bay

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November 29, 2023

As recently as five years ago, Florida citrus growers did not routinely put protective covers on their trees as part of their grove management. Now, the mesh covers at least 1 million trees on about 17,000 acres, mostly thanks to successful ... READ MORE

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Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Chlorophyll, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Fernando Alferez, Horticultural Sciences, Individual Protective Covers, IPC, Mesh, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Tree Health

UF awarded $5 million in NIFA grants to battle citrus greening disease

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October 24, 2023

University of Florida scientists will elevate their efforts to control citrus greening, with about $5 million in grants from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). NIFA, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, split funding ... READ MORE

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Tags: Amit Levy, Asian Citrus Psyllid, Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus, Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Entomology, HLB, Horticultural Sciences, Huanglongbing, Integrated Pest Management, John Chater, Jose Chaparro, Lukasz Stelinski, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Nian Wang, Nifa, Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Citrus Research And Education Center, USDA-NIFA

Start 2023 with an educational workshop on citrus insect, mite, and nematode management January 19


December 20, 2022

LAKE ALFRED, FL – Pest management in citrus is continually changing as new discoveries are found and as pests develop resistance to treatments.  A workshop on citrus insect, mite and nematode management will be held Thursday, January 19 from ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Research And Education Center, Larry Duncan, Lauren Diepenbrock, Lebbeck Mealybug, Lukasz Stelinski, Pest Management

Citrus Flower Bud Advisory Starts for the Season


November 21, 2022

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. — The University of Florida will resume providing growers regular flower bud advisories as the critical time for citrus grove management begins this winter. UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences associate professor ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Flowering Monitor, Citrus Research And Education Center, Flower Bud Advisories, Spray, Tripti Vashisth

University of Florida/IFAS awarded over $16 million in research grants to fight citrus disease


November 9, 2022

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. -- University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty have secured over $16 million in new funding to advance research projects to combat the deadly citrus greening disease that threatens the Florida ... READ MORE

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Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fernando Alferez, Grants, HLB, J. Scott Angle, John Chater, Jude Grosser, Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski, Lukasz Stelinski, Megan Dewdney, Nian Wang, Rootstocks, Ruth-borger, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, USDA-NIFA, Zhonglin Mou
Small lopsided fruit from greening-infected citrus tree. Spring 2008 Impact Magazine image. UF/IFAS File Photo.

Supporting the Florida Citrus Industry: Developing Debittering Technologies to Combat Citrus Greening in Hamlin Oranges

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March 28, 2022

We are pleased to welcome you back to FSHN Research Journeys, which follows the research of graduate students in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at UF. Today's guest poster is Taylor Washington, a first-year master's degree student ... READ MORE

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Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Debittering, Dr. Liwei Gu, Food Science, Food Science Alumni, Food Science Graduate Degree, Food Science Graduate Student, Food-science-research, FSHN Research Journeys, Graduate Research, Hamlin Cultivar, Huanglongbing, Oranges, Research Journeys, Research-journeys-food-science, Research-journeys-food-science-ms, Taylor Washington

Aiding the Florida Citrus Industry: Using Kombucha to Combat Devastating Citrus Greening Disease

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December 7, 2020

Welcome to our first installment of FSHN Research Journeys, which follows the research of graduate students in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at UF. Today's guest poster is Dongjoo Kim, a first-year graduate student earning his ... READ MORE

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Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus, Citrus Greening Disease, CREC, Dongjoo Kim, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, Dr. MacIntosh, Dr. Yu Wang, Food Science, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Food Science Graduate Degree, Food Science Graduate Student, Graduate Student, Graduate Student Research, HLB, Huanglongbing, Kombucha, Masters Student, Masters Student Research, Masters-fshn-graduate-feature, Research-journeys-food-science, Research-journeys-food-science-ms, Research-planning-feature, Research-planning-feature-food-science, Student Research, Sugar Belle, Sugar Belle Kombucha, UF/IFAS Citrus Research And Education Center, Yu Wang

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