Tag: HLB
Aiding the Florida Citrus Industry: Using Kombucha to Combat Devastating Citrus Greening Disease
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
Category: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
The Role of Micro- and Macro-Nutrients in Rehabilitating HLB Infected Trees
June 15, 2020
Dr. Davie Kadyampakeni, an assistant professor studying citrus water and nutrient management at the UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center, was the speaker during the seventh session of the 2020 BMP Summit. Dr. Kadyampakeni discussed the ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & DiseaseTags: Agriculture, Best Management Practice, Best Management Practices, BMP, BMPs, Citrus, Citrus Greening, HLB, Huanglongbing
Citrus Nutrition Recommendations for the New Normal – Citrus Greening
June 11, 2020
Florida is the largest producer of citrus in the U.S., with a ten-billion-dollar industry consisting mostly of juice oranges. However, Florida’s citrus trees have suffered from Huanglongbing (HLB) disease since 2005. The infection rate throughout ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureTags: Agriculture, Best Management Practice, Best Management Practices, BMP, BMPs, Citrus, Citrus Greening, HLB, Huanglongbing
Reduce Fertilizer with CRF for HLB Citrus
January 28, 2020
What should you do to try and revive a citrus tree affected with HLB/Greening? Researchers at UF/IFAS wanted to know if hard pruning and fertilizing would bring HLB-affected trees back into production. HLB kills the roots in citrus trees causing ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, HorticultureTags: Citrus Greening, CRF, Fertilizer, HLB, Pruning
Homeowners Use Natural Enemy to Fight Citrus Greening
June 20, 2018
The UF / IFAS - St. Lucie County Extension requests homeowners to join hands in fighting against the destructive citrus disease, huanglongbing (HLB), or better known as citrus greening. We are coordinating with the Florida Department of Agriculture ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & DiseaseTags: #beneficialwasp, #citrusgreening, #fruitcrops, HLB, Tamarixia
Unprofitable Plantings: The Affects of Citrus Greening
December 8, 2017
Economists are concerned about the financial health of low-density citrus growers in Florida, due to citrus greening. One of their main concerns is that the average grower is not making a profit, and that small growers are exiting ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Pests & DiseaseTags: Citrus, Citrus Trees, Florida, Greening, HLB
Protection from Citrus Greening?
December 1, 2017
Citrus greening (also known as HLB or Huanglongbing) is a bacterial disease affecting citrus production around the world, it was first found in South Florida in 2005. Citrus greening affects all citrus cultivars causing overall tree decline/ ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseTags: Bacteria, Biocontrol, Citrus, Disease, Greening, HLB, Huanglongbing, Hunter, Parasitoid, Psyllid, Tamarixia, Wasp
Controlling the Asian Citrus Psyllid Just Got More Difficult?
October 26, 2017
Citrus greening- also known as Huanglongbing, or HLB- is an exotic disease that is currently prevalent throughout Florida’s citrus industry. This disease is carried by an invasive insect known as the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) and infects ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & DiseaseTags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Chris Oswalt, Citrus Greening, HLB, Insecticide Resistance, Paxton Evans
Older Trees and Older Growers
June 7, 2017
Written by: Ernie Neff, Senior Correspondent at Large for Citrus Industry Magazine Florida’s older citrus trees are disappearing due to HLB and other problems, and the most prominent varieties being grown haven’t changed in many decades. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, HCCitrus, HLB, Youth