The latest technical advice on citrus greening disease, tree nutrition, grove management and other aspects of Florida citrus cultivation will reach growers Aug. 14-15, as the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease
Since 2016, federal authorities have allowed Florida citrus growers to spray oxytetracycline solutions on their trees to combat citrus greening disease, but a newly published University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Research
In another clear indication of the University of Florida's rise toward preeminence, a top federal research official said this week that the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has earned a reputation as one of the nation's ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, NATURAL RESOURCES, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Imagine using a robotic arm to grip and puncture the trunk of a citrus tree to deliver chemicals into the vascular parts of the plant, reducing its susceptibility to the citrus greening disease. Ozgur Batuman, an assistant ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When Nian Wang pieces together sequences of genes, he hopes to make citrus varieties that are more tolerant to the deadly disease known as greening, which has devastated a multibillion dollar-a-year industry in Florida. Wang, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Commercial citrus growers will soon see a new seedless mandarin variety that stays on the tree longer, two traits farmers seek, say University of Florida scientists. ‘Marathon,’ an early season mandarin, is also ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- 2018 was a productive year for UF/IFAS with advances in agricultural and natural resources research, building positive relationships with growers and supporting the state’s 20 million plus residents after two devastating ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Citrus growers can learn more about managing Asian citrus psyllids and other pests in a workshop Jan. 8 at the University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center. The psyllid can transmit the bacteria associated ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- New research data are available from trials for citrus rootstocks, scions and combinations of the two that University of Florida scientists hope will broaden the options of greening-tolerant citrus varieties available to ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- This year’s Citrus Nutrition Day – at which growers will learn the latest data about growing the fruit, from the soil up through the plants -- is expanding to include tours of field trials. After a morning of updates ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS