Tag: citrus greening

Root biologist joins UF fight against citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 22, 2018

By Robin Koestoyo FORT PIERCE, Fla.--- An inventive fruit tree researcher has joined the University of Florida IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center. Lorenzo Rossi is the center’s first-ever root biology professor and will support ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, NATURAL RESOURCES, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Citrus Greening, IFAS, Indian River Research And Education Center, News, Roots

UF/IFAS researchers awarded $10.5M to work on citrus greening resistance or tolerance

by Brad Buck
January 19, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- With citrus greening devastating Florida’s $8.6 billion-a-year citrus industry, three University of Florida scientists will use $10.52 million in federal grants to study ways to help growers cope with the disease, including ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Arnold Schumann, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Grants, Michael Rogers, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, Nian Wang, Nifa, Resistance, Soil And Water Sciences, Tolerance, Zhonglin Mou

System screens out deadly citrus greening-carrying insect

by Brad Buck
August 24, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Imagine camping in the deep woods. You’d want a tent with mesh that prevents bugs – even those as small as gnats – from entering into your wildlife hangout. That’s the idea behind “Citrus Under Protective Screens,” ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Ariel Singerman, Arnold Schumann, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Under Protective Screens, CUPS, Food And Resource Economics, News, Soil And Water Sciences

UF-developed mandarin shows increased tolerance to greening

by Brad Buck
May 16, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- While citrus greening disease has blemished the Florida industry, University of Florida scientists have developed a mandarin hybrid that seems to be winning the battle. Now, researchers are learning what makes ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fred Gmitter, Hybrid, Jude Grosser, Mandarin, Matabolites, Nabil Killiny, News, Plant Pathology, Tolerant, Volatiles

UF/IFAS imaging system can detect citrus greening before symptoms show

by Brad Buck
November 3, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A time-lapse polarized imaging system may help citrus growers detect greening before the plant’s leaves show symptoms, which should help growers as they try to fend off the deadly disease, a new University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Citrus Greening, Daniel Lee, Detection

UF/IFAS earned record $140 million for research

by Brad Buck
September 14, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences tackled many issues, including battling citrus greening, developing improved turfgrass and crops as well as combatting agricultural pests with a record ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Greening, Jack Payne

Injecting citrus tree trunks with bactericide may help stem greening

by Brad Buck
September 8, 2016

Please see caption below. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A chemical treatment known as a bactericide could help preserve citrus trees from the potentially deadly and costly greening disease, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell

UF/IFAS researcher to be honored as citrus engineer of year

by Brad Buck
June 6, 2016

Reza Ehsani GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher who uses steam to help treat citrus trees infected by greening, will receive this year’s Citrus Engineer of the Year Award. Reza ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Award, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Michael Rogers

UF receives $6.7 million in federal funds to fight citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 9, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences received $6.7 million in funding as part of a $20.1 million grant for research on citrus greening, a disease devastating Florida’s citrus industry. The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Greening, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Nifa, University Of Florida

Researchers share $4 million USDA grant to attack citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 14, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- International researchers, including ones at the University of Florida and Florida State University, are sharing in a $4 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to attack the problem of citrus greening, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Greening, Grant, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida, Usda

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