Tag: Citrus

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It’s Not a Magic wand: A Simple Step to Protect Your Citrus Trees

by Edwin A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez
January 16, 2026

Introduction One interesting thing I have frequently observed is that the wire stake often remains in the orchard for years! It is commonly accepted that when establishing a new citrus grove or caring for young trees, providing support is an ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Citrus, Florida Citrus, Nursery
Close-up of teal plastic net berry boxes containing strawberries, blueberries, and possibly a mango or an apple.

What’s New on Ask IFAS: Food and Resource Economics (Nov.–Dec.)

by Susan Gildersleeve
January 9, 2026

Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs: A Quick Reference Guide Candace Lantz, Nathan Palardy, Derek Farnsworth, Alena Poulin. This quick reference guide to federal, state, and county agricultural conservation easement acquisition programs ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs, Blueberry, Citrus, Consumer Behavior, Consumer Preferances, Cover Crops, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center

Center scientists aim to solve devastating citrus greening, first, then other crop diseases

by Brad Buck
January 6, 2026

University of Florida scientists are joining forces at the Crop Transformation Center (CTC) to wage a high-tech war against pests and diseases threatening Florida’s crops – arming farmers with cutting-edge solutions to protect the state’s ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Alfred Huo, Bioinformatics, Charlie Messina, Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Crop Transformation Center, Gene Editing, Genetics, Growers, Horticultural Sciences, Huanglongbing (HLB), Michael Rogers, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Single Cell Sequencing, Transgenic
A row of cover crops grows in between two rows of citrus trees.

Cover Crops Can Get Young Citrus Trees Off To A Good Start

by Mike Loizzo
December 16, 2025

Florida citrus growers continue to battle declining yields, citrus greening disease, and increasingly nutrient-poor soils. As a result, they are taking a closer look at soil-building practices such as cover crops. But how and when the cover ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus, Gabriel Maltais-Landry, HLB, Huanglongbing, Sarah Strauss, Soil Fertility, Soil Health, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Yaslin Gonzalez

A protein can help make some citrus more tolerant to the deadly citrus greening disease – and it’s safe

by Brad Buck
October 29, 2025

Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but University of Florida scientists are using genes from another plant and putting them into Hamlin oranges to develop citrus plants that fight the disease. Scientists have developed ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: AtNPR1, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Growers, Crop Transformation Center, Eric Triplett, Greening Resistant, Greening Tolerant, Hamlin Oranges, Microbiology And Cell Science, NuCitrus, Pathogen, Symptoms, Toxic, Transgenic, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Food And Drug Administration, USDA Research Farm, Zhonglin Mou
a bunch of ripe oranges hanging in a tree.

Protecting Florida Citrus and Groundwater

by Mike Loizzo
September 29, 2025

Florida’s citrus groves have faced enormous challenges over the last two decades. The Asian citrus psyllid has spread citrus greening disease, known as Huanglongbing, or HLB, to trees across the state. The result is a decline in citrus production ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Aquifer, Citrus, Davie Kadyampakeni, HLB, Huanglongbing, Imidacloprid, Qudus Uthman, Sandy Soils, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Water

New EDIS/Ask IFAS Documents Published by the UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center During July and August

by Amanda Quintos
September 8, 2025

These are the latest UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center (UF/IFAS CREC) publications for July and August 2025. In this post, you can click on the title of interest to go to the Ask IFAS page and download the document in PDF format. ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Professional Development, Work & Life
Tags: Ask IFAS, Citrus, Citrus Research And Education Center, Edis

From citrus to bamboo? Some growers might move to this crop with a multibillion-dollar worldwide market

by Brad Buck
September 2, 2025

With a global market valued at nearly $67 billion, bamboo may offer an alternative crop for some Florida growers reeling from a devastated citrus crop, says a University of Florida expert. “Bamboo is a good alternative crop to diversify ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Alternative Crops, Bamboo, Citrus, Citrus Research And Education Center, Clumbing Bamboo, Construction, Davie Kadyampakeni, Food, Furniture, Low Invasion, Michael Rogers, Pests, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Water

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