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Florida’s citrus growers have new tool to help fight citrus greening

by Brad Buck
July 21, 2020

By RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- If information is power, Florida citrus growers have a new asset in their fight against citrus greening disease, which has been impacting the state’s multi-billion dollar citrus industry. The University ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Growers, Michael Rogers, Plant Improvement Team, Psyllid, Rootstocks, Website

Kaolin Clay May Be Viable Option to Protect Citrus Trees from Asian Citrus Psyllid, UF/IFAS Researchers Say

by Brad Buck
October 31, 2018

By Tom Nordlie GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Florida citrus growers have begun taking notice of kaolin clay, a powdery white compound, because it can cause Asian citrus psyllids to “not take notice” of their groves. Long used to protect other ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Christopher Vincent, Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Entomology, Kaolin, Michael Rogers, Psyllid

UF/IFAS Scientists Use Fungus to Manage Asian Citrus Psyllid

by Brad Buck
July 30, 2018

By Robin Koestoyo FORT PIERCE, Fla.-- Fighting plant disease with jet blast sprays is standard practice for citrus growers. But, to spray a fungus to control a single insect that carries a disease-causing pathogen is uncommon. University ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Bob Adair, Citrus, Citrus Research, Florida Research Center For Agricultural Sustainability, Fungus, Indian River Research And Education Center, Lance Osborne, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, News, Pasco Avery, Psyllid, Ronald Cave

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

UF researchers identify citrus cultivars that show promise in battle against greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 25, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNxREt0DgQ4 Click above for video about citrus breeding and citrus greening research. Click here for photo. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have some encouraging ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Fred Gmitter, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jude Grosser, Psyllid, Rootstock, University Of Florida

Citrus greening bacterium may “ring the dinner bell” to attract insect

by Tom Nordlie
March 23, 2012

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. The bacterium responsible for citrus greening causes infected trees to give off a scent that rings the dinner bell for the disease-carrying insect, University of Florida researchers ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus, Entomology And Nematology, Greening, Methyl Salicylate, Psyllid, Stelinski

Disease-carrying Asian citrus psyllids find refuge in abandoned groves, UF study shows

by Tom Nordlie
February 18, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For years, citrus growers have feared that abandoned groves provided refuge for the Asian citrus psyllid, an invasive insect that transmits citrus greening—now, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Abandoned, Citrus, Entomology And Nematology, Greening, Groves, Psyllid, Stelinski

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