Tag: Fred Gmitter

UF/IFAS breeders release six new citrus greening-tolerant varieties, help growers battle HLB

by Brad Buck
April 16, 2025

Six new citrus greening-tolerant citrus varieties will soon be available for Florida growers, thanks to research by University of Florida breeders. Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB) has devastated Florida’s citrus industry ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Brix, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Varieties, Florida Citrus Mutual, Florida Department Of Citrus, Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Fred Gmitter, Greening Tolerant, Hlb, Huanglongbing, Jude Grosser, New Varieties Development And Management Corp., Not-from-concentrate Orange Juice, Orange Juice, Plant Breeders

Jardinería de primavera con los emblemáticos árboles cítricos de Florida

by Luz Bahder
March 27, 2025

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS. ¿Tiene usted una buena mano para la jardinería? Quizás le interesa tener un cultivo que florezca en su patio. La temporada de jardinería de primavera es ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Blog Community, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: 'UF RedLime', 'UF SunLime', árboles, Brite Leaf Citrus Nursery, Cancro Cítrico, Caviar, Citrico, Citricos, Consejos, Cultivo, Enverdecimiento De Los Cítricos, Espanol, Finger Limes, Fred Gmitter, Hlb, Huanglongbing, Industria Citrícola De Florida, Jane Ellis, Jardines, Jude Grosser, Limas, Limones, Mandarina, Naranja, Nate Jameson, Patios, Primavera, Residenciales, Sembrar, Spanish, Sugar Belle, UF/IFAS, Variedad

Springtime gardening with iconic Florida citrus trees

by Brad Buck
March 20, 2025

Do you have a green thumb? Maybe you’re interested in growing something that will blossom in your yard. The spring gardening season is a good time for planting a citrus tree in your yard. Such trees used to be a common site around Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES
Tags: 'UF RedLime', 'UF SunLime', Brite Leaf Nursery, Citrus Breeding, Citrus Research And Education Center, Dooryard Citrus, Finger Limes, Fred Gmitter, Home Citrus, Jude Grosser, Nate Jameson, Nurseries, Oranges, Planting, Spring Gardening, Sugar Belle

Football season starts soon, so gather your family and friends for a tailgate, complete with Florida-grown foods and UF/IFAS cultivars

by Brad Buck
August 24, 2023

It’s game day. The excitement around stadiums is palpable. The college football season will kick off shortly, and many fans will enjoy the company of family and friends while tailgating before and after the game. That means food – lots ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrea Nikolai, Beef, Citrus, Citrus Research And Education Center, Corn, Florida-grown, Food Safety, Fred Gmitter, Potatoes, Strawberries, Sugar Belle, Tailgating, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, UF/IFAS Plant Breeding

UF/IFAS launches new citrus program for home gardeners

by Ruth Hohl Borger
February 2, 2023

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. -- Citrus is an iconic part of the Florida experience. Many residents and visitors have fond memories of driving past acres of lush citrus trees whose annual blossoms filled the air with a distinctive and lovely aroma. Today, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus In The Home Landscap, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fred Gmitter, Jude Grosser, Lauren Diepenbrock, Lemons, Limes, Master Gardener Volunteer Program, Michael Rogers, OLL-4, OLL-8, Oranges, Sugar Belle

Researchers make progress on breeding citrus canker-resistant plants; discovery may lead to breeding citrus greening-resistant trees

by Ruth Hohl Borger
September 21, 2022

BALM, Fla. – A promising method to support the development of citrus varieties that are resistant to deadly diseases is the advancement of gene editing. By “knocking out” genes within the plant that are susceptible to the pathogen that ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Canker, Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fred Gmitter, Gene Editing, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hlb, Resistance, Ruth-borger.borger, Zhanao Deng

UF professor recognized for a career of accomplishment

by Ruth Hohl Borger
August 12, 2021

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- Fred G. Gmitter, Jr., professor of horticulture and citrus breeder at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center, has been recognized as a 2021 Fellow by the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: American Society For Horticultural Science, Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Cultivars, Fellow, Fred Gmitter, Genetics, Genomics, Grapefruit, Hlb, Mandarin, Sugar Belle, Varieties

Back to the Future: Citrus breeders look to ancient varieties for modern-day answers

by Ruth Hohl Borger
July 26, 2021

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- In the ongoing race to find a solution to the devastating citrus greening disease, University of Florida scientists may find the path to the future by looking to the past. In a new study, published in Nature Communications, ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Pests & Disease
Tags: Ancestral Lineages, Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, East Asia, Fred Gmitter, Genetics, Genomes, Japan, Joint Genome Institute, Mandarin, Ryuku Islands

UF scientists study how to breed faster-growing plants

by Brad Buck
January 27, 2021

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. – In order to improve photosynthesis in plant leaves, two University of Florida scientists will study their roots and stems. More specifically, Christopher Vincent and Fred Gmitter hope to find the optimal relationship ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Carbohydrates, Christopher Vincent, Citrus, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fred Gmitter, Grant, Leaf Growth, Nifa, Nutrients, Photosynthesis, Plant Leaves, Plants, Usda, Water

UF scientists make big stride toward greening-resistant citrus trees

by Brad Buck
October 14, 2020

University of Florida scientists achieved a major milestone in their quest to develop a citrus greening-resistant tree by sequencing the genome of a fruit plant that’s a close cousin to citrus trees. You’d need to print 54,000 pages of ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research And Education Center, Disease Resistance, Environmental Horticulture, Fred Gmitter, Genome Sequencing, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Interdisciplinary Center For Biotechnology Research, Rootstocks, Trifoliate Orange, Zhanao Deng

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