Tag: Asian citrus psyllid

UF Researchers to Study Integrated Approaches to Protect Young Citrus Trees from Greening

by Brad Buck
June 20, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- While citrus growers continue to look for best management approaches to deal with the deadly greening disease, some scientists at the University of Florida will take an integrated look at how to protect young trees, by ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Entomology And Nematology, Lauren Diepenbrock

AI Could Help Citrus Growers Find, Detect Dangerous Psyllids

by Brad Buck
May 1, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Precision agriculture engineer Yiannis Ampatzidis sees a day when citrus farmers use artificial intelligence to detect the pin-sized insects that can infect the fruit’s trees with the deadly greening disease. That ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: #AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Greening, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Yiannis Ampatzidis

$3.5 Million USDA Grant Could Help Florida’s Grapefruit Industry

by Brad Buck
November 1, 2018

By Robin Koestoyo FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Florida’s grapefruit industry, devastated by citrus greening, may find hope in four ½-acre white-mesh screenhouses in a research field in Fort Pierce thanks to a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Under Protective Screening, Grapefruit, Indian River Research And Education Center, Jawwad Qureshi, Rhuanito “Johnny” Soranz Ferrarezi

UF/IFAS Research: Citrus Tree Covers Keep Deadly Psyllids Away

by Brad Buck
September 20, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida scientists are finding that by covering new citrus trees with mesh, they can keep disease-carrying insects from harming the plants. That could be a big step toward stemming the deadly citrus greening ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research, Fernando Alferez, Horticultural Sciences, IPC, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Tree Covers

‘CUPS’ Protects Citrus From Greening, Storms

by Brad Buck
September 17, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A system designed to protect citrus trees from the deadly greening disease withstood the ravaging winds of Hurricane Irma last year, University of Florida scientists say. With reinforcements installed after the storm, they’ll ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Ariel Singerman, Arnold Schumann, Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Under Protective Screening, CUPS, Greening, Soil And Water Sciences

UF/IFAS Research: Control of Citrus Flush Timing Could Improve Psyllid Control

by Brad Buck
August 7, 2018

By Tom Nordlie GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- They say timing is everything in life, and that’s certainly true of the Asian citrus psyllid, which has devastated Florida agriculture for the past decade by transmitting citrus greening disease, also ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Christopher Vincent, Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Flush, Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski, Plant Growth Regulator

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