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Florida citrus growers: 80 percent of trees infected by greening

by Brad Buck
April 18, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Florida’s citrus growers say as much as 90 percent of their acreage and 80 percent of their trees are infected by the deadly greening disease, which is making a huge dent in the state’s $10.7 billion citrus industry, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Research And Education Center, Food And Resource Economics, Greening, Survey

UF/IFAS using box tax money to battle citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 15, 2015

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- In the next three months, Florida citrus growers will have to decide whether to extend for another six years the citrus box tax, the proceeds of which help to pay for citrus greening research at the University of Florida’s ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Development Foundation, Citrus Research And Education Center, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida

Low-altitude aerial images allow early detection of devastating avocado disease

by Brad Buck
May 26, 2015

Caption below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Low-altitude aerial images can detect laurel wilt, a devastating avocado disease, giving growers an early way to identify diseased trees and perhaps help reduce losses to the $100 million-a-year economic ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Avocados, Citrus Research And Education Center, Jonathan Crane, Laurel Wilt, Randy Ploetz, Tropical Research And Education Center

Professors emeriti continue their dedication to Florida’s citrus industry

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 1, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida research faculty and Extension agents may retire, but they’re still in the game. Look no farther than the UF Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred. From working on ways to combat ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Research And Education Center, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida

Rogers named interim head of UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 30, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University Florida today named Michael Rogers interim director of the Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred. The CREC is part of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Rogers has a doctorate ... READ MORE

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

UF researchers identify citrus cultivars that show promise in battle against greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 25, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNxREt0DgQ4 Click above for video about citrus breeding and citrus greening research. Click here for photo. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have some encouraging ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fred Gmitter, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jude Grosser, Psyllid, Rootstock, University Of Florida

Pomegranates could become new cash crop for Florida, UF researcher says

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 1, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Supplies of a nutritious and popular fruit could increase in Florida in the next few years, thanks to the research of a University of Florida professor emeritus. William ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Research And Education Center, Green Sea Farms, Pomegranate, Water Conserv II, William Castle

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