Tag: Citrus

UF/IFAS Citrus Packinghouse Day returns as in-person event for 2021

by Brad Buck
June 15, 2021

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- UF/IFAS will host the annual Citrus Packinghouse Day on August 26, a free event featuring workshops and seminars for industry professionals interested in the latest information on interstate and export regulations, food ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Packinghouse Day, Citrus Research And Education Center, Exports, Food Safety, Indian River Research And Education Center, Mark Ritenour, Packinghouse, Postharvest

Promising advancements in biocontrol treatment that slows citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 13, 2021

By RUTH BORGER APOPKA, Fla. --- Florida citrus growers may have a new tool to help them slow the presence of citrus greening in already diseased trees. While there is no cure for Huanglongbing (HLB), researchers at the University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research And Education Center, Diseased Trees, Donald Hopkins, Emeritus Professor, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Rios Grapefruit, Trees, Valencia

Promising advancements in biocontrol treatment that slows citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 13, 2021

Graduate student sees the future of worldwide crop production in new cultivars

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 3, 2021

By ROBIN KOESTOYO FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Martin Zapien scans long rows of tree canopies each morning and thinks about how the future of food production will advance with new citrus cultivars. All of the more than 5,000 trees in the 20-acre UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Cultivars, Graduate Student, Hlb, Indian River Research And Education Center, Martin Zapien, Rhuanito “Johnny” Ferrarezi

Graduate student sees the future of worldwide crop production in new cultivars

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 3, 2021

New educational presentations available to citrus growers

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 26, 2021

By RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, Fla.--- Looking for news that you can use now to improve citrus grove management? Six new presentations from UF/IFAS researchers are now available for viewing on the UF/IFAS Extension citrus agents’ website. The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Biological Control, Citrus, Citrus Extension, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fernando Alferez, Hlb, Jawwad Qureshi, Larry Duncan, Lauren Diepenbrock, Lukasz Stelinski, Pests, Presentations, Psyllids, Ramdas Kanissery, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Weeds

Federal grant funds UF/IFAS soil health and citrus study

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 22, 2021

By: Mike Loizzo A team of UF/IFAS researchers is looking into how changes in soil health impact citrus and other sub-tropical tree crops. Specifically, they will examine how quickly soil health can change in Florida’s sub-tropical sandy soils ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Carbon, Citrus, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Soil, Cover Crops, Cycling, Grant, Nifa, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sarah Strauss, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Soil Health, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Usda

Plant sap analysis in citrus production workshop offered to growers

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 18, 2021

By RUTH BORGER FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Monitoring the nutrient status of a citrus grove is a critical tool in successful grove management in the citrus greening environment. Plant sap analysis is an additional tool to assess nutrient uptake along ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research And Education Center, Growers, Horticulture, Indian River Research And Education Center, Nutrient, Nutrient Management, Rhuanito “Johnny” Ferrarezi, Workshop

2021 Florida Citrus Growers’ Institute goes virtual

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 17, 2021

By RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, FLA -- The annual Florida Citrus Growers’ Institute hosted by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Extension county citrus agents will be held on April 6. The event will be delivered via ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Biological Control, Chris Oswalt, Citrus, Florida Citrus Growers’ Institute, Lebbeck Mealybug, UF/IFAS Extension, Virtual

University of Florida researchers discover new way to potentially control citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 16, 2021

By RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, FLA-- University of Florida researchers have discovered another key resource in their ongoing pursuit to find solutions to fight Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening disease. The discovery brings the potential ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Entomology And Nematology, Gene Silencing, Genes, Huanglongbing, Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski, National Institute Of Food And Agriculture, Psyllid Management, Single-stranded Nucleic Acids

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