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Data from two new UF/IFAS citrus varieties experiments advances

by Brad Buck
May 17, 2023

By ROBIN KOESTOYO FORT PIERCE, Fla.--- Citrus growers in Florida’s “River” production region along the Indian River Lagoon develop unsurpassed flavor and texture in a fresh grapefruit product coveted worldwide. Growers in the area ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, Flavia Zambon, Grapefruit, Hlb, Indian River Research And Education Center, Mark Ritenour, Millennium Block, Research, Ronald D. Cave, Rootstocks, Scions

Citrus horticulture expert joins UF Indian River REC

by Brad Buck
May 8, 2023

By ROBIN KOESTOYO FORT PIERCE, Fla.---A scientist with a career invested in Florida citrus production will join the citrus research team from the heart of Florida's renowned grapefruit production region. A native of Brazil's famous citrus ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Citrus Greening Disease, Flavia Zambon, Grapefruit, Hlb, Horticulture, Indian River Research And Education Center, Mandarin, Millennium Block, Ronald D. Cave, Rootstocks, Scions

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

Aiming to Improve Production of Florida Grapefruit, UF/IFAS Student Earns Fourth Academic Scholarship

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 4, 2019

By Robin Koestoyo FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Dinesh Phuyal, who is pursuing a master’s degree in horticultural sciences from the University of Florida’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, recently garnered a prestigious Yara North American ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: CALS, Citrus, Citrus Greening, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Grapefruit, Hlb, Horticultural Sciences, Huanglongbing, Indian River Research And Education Center, Scholarship

New Grapefruit Rootstock, Scion Experiment Rises from UF/IFAS Experimental Grove

by Brad Buck
October 1, 2019

BY ROBIN KOESTOYO FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- The world’s peerless grapefruit grows in the Indian River Citrus District. Fruit balanced with sugar and tart, and a thin rind for easy peeling, the fruit is sold mostly for export to European and Asian ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Citrus, Grapefruit, Indian River Research And Education Center, Rhuanito Ferrarezi, Ronald Cave, Rootstocks, Scions

Grapefruit Grown Under Protective Screens Maximizes Fruit Yield

by Brad Buck
April 23, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Growers of one of Florida’s signature citrus crops, the grapefruit, may see more production and possibly less of the deadly citrus greening disease. Researchers have worked for four years, growing grapefruit under protective ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Arnold Schumann, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Under Protective Screening, CUPS, Grapefruit, Production, Psyllids, Soil And Water Sciences

Experienced Agricultural Engineer Joins UF Indian River Region Scientists to Restore Grapefruit Industry

by Brad Buck
December 18, 2018

By Robin Koestoyo FORT PIERCE, Fla.--- An agricultural engineer whose current research projects include the simulation of agricultural management impacts on water quantity and quality in the upper Floridan aquifer has joined the University ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Citrus Greening, Crop Models, Grapefruit, Indian River Research And Education Center, Ronald Cave, Sandra Guzmán

$3.5 Million USDA Grant Could Help Florida’s Grapefruit Industry

by Brad Buck
November 1, 2018

By Robin Koestoyo FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Florida’s grapefruit industry, devastated by citrus greening, may find hope in four ½-acre white-mesh screenhouses in a research field in Fort Pierce thanks to a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus, Citrus Under Protective Screening, Grapefruit, Indian River Research And Education Center, Jawwad Qureshi, Rhuanito “Johnny” Soranz Ferrarezi

UF study: Screen houses may help prevent grapefruit greening

by Brad Buck
December 7, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Grapefruit grows better under screen houses than in unprotected groves because the indoor facilities keep out the insect that causes citrus greening, new University of Florida research shows. Protecting citrus from greening ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Arnold Schumann, Citrus Research And Education Center, Citrus Under Protective Screens, CUPS, Grapefruit, Greening, Indian River Research And Education Center, News, Psyllid, Rhuanito Ferrarezi, Screen Houses

Grapefruit for dessert? South Korea could be a lucrative market for Florida growers

by Brad Buck
February 28, 2017

Please see caption below story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- How about grapefruit as a dessert or snack? That is how many South Koreans, especially younger ones, view the fruit. Therefore, Florida grapefruit growers may want to expand their shipments ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Food And Resource Economics, Grapefruit, Lisa House, South Korea