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A close up of a lychee tree in South Florida. Photo by Ian McGuire

Love your lychee tree? Ask IFAS bilingual resource offers guidance against a common pest

by Lourdes Mederos
February 26, 2026

Florida-grown lychee trees offer a taste of the tropics for home growers. Their berries deliver a sweet, rose-scented fruit with vitamin C-rich pulp and a vibrant color and flavor to fruit cups, cakes, mocktails, ice cream blends ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Blog Community, Conservation, Crops, Home Landscapes, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Aceria Litchii, Archive, Ask IFAS, Berries, Bilingual Extension Document, Erinose Mite, Fruit, Invasive Species, Lychee Tree, National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Peer-reveiwed, Pests, Tropical Fruit Trees, Vitamin C

Fruit Trees for Your Central Florida Yard: A New Episode of Your Central Florida Yard Podcast

by Anne Yasalonis
October 10, 2025

Fruit Trees for Your Central Florida Yard In this episode of Your Central Florida Yard podcast, Anne and Julie talk about growing fruit in central Florida. There are so many varieties of fruit trees from temperate to tropical that it’s ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables
Tags: Anne Yasalonis, Ayasalonis, Central Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Florida-Friendly Plants, Fruit, Fruit Trees, Jschelb, Master Gardener Volunteer, Polk County, Polkgardening, Polkmg, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Polk County, Your Central Florida Yard Podcast
Avocado fruit showing characteristic avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBVd) symptoms. The fruit displays a distinct longitudinal yellow streak with sharply demarcated margins, typical of sunblotch infection. Symptoms can vary but often include irregular yellow or whitish streaks, discoloration, and deformed fruit.

Florida avocados face threat from Sunblotch Viroid

by Lourdes Mederos
October 2, 2025

Florida avocados, a signature staple in kitchens, a favored fruit tree in landscapes and a source of pride for the state’s growers, are facing a renewed threat from avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBVd). The disease can severely stunt avocado ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agriculture, ASBVd, Avocado, Avocado Germplasm, Avocado Growers, Avocado Industry, Avocado Sunblotch Viroid, Avocado Sunblotch Viroid Guide, Avocado Sunblotch Viroid Resource Website, Budwood, Deformed Fruit., Disease, Florida Avocado, Florida’s Avocado Growers, Fruit, Grafted Avocado Tree, Groves, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, News, Nurseries, Packinghouses, Romina Gazis, Sanitation Practices, Sunblotch Infection, Symptoms, Tropical Fruit, Tropical Research And Education Center, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS TREC Plant Diagnostic Clinic, University Of Florida

Blueberries: A “Berry” Good Choice for Cancer Prevention

by Joshua Payne
September 22, 2025

By Joshua Payne, RDN, LDN UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County FCS Agent and Shari Bresin, MNM UF/IFAS Extension Pasco County FCS Agent Blueberries are more than just a sweet snack! They are rich in nutrients that support good health. These ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition
Tags: Blueberries, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Prevention 2025, Fiber, Florida Produce, Fruit, Healthy Eating, Nutrition
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New UF/IFAS bilingual online resources help Florida farmers launch, enhance their business

by Lourdes Mederos
September 18, 2025

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension has launched a new bilingual online resource to help Florida farmers strengthen their operations through effective business planning. The websites, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, , Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS
Tags: Aquaculture Farming, Balance Sheets, Break-even Analysis, Business Operation, Business Plan, CAFE Latino, Cash Flow, Cattle, Coalition Of Florida Extension Educators For Latinos, Farm, Farm Data, Farmer, Farming Operation, Financial Management, Food, Fruit, Grower, Human Resources, Income Statements, Luis Rodriguez, Luis Rodriguez Rosado, Marketing, News, Polk County, Small Farms, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, University Of Florida, USDA Farm Service Agency, Vegetable

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