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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

Citrus growers tour of UF/IFAS Citrus Under Protective Screens Houses

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 20, 2021

By ROBIN KOESTOYO FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- Citrus growers from several of Florida’s production regions joined researchers recently for a field day inside 14-foot high screenhouses that protect fruit trees from an invasive insect. The insect ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research, Citrus Under Protective Screening, CUPS, Entomology And Nematology, Hlb, Horticultural Sciences, Indian River Research And Education Center, Jawwad Qureshi, Rhuanito “Johnny” Ferrarezi, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center

Philippines Fulbright Scholar Finds Lady Bugs Will Control Florida Red Scale Pest Insects

by Brad Buck
February 25, 2019

By Robin Koestoyo FORT PIERCE, Fla.-- A Fulbright Scholar from the Philippines has found that lady beetles will attack and control the Florida red scale, a pest insect that damages the peel on Florida’s signature citrus crop. Jessamyn ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease
Tags: Citrus, Fulbright Scholar, Indian River Research And Education Center, Jawwad Qureshi, Jessamyn Adorada

$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