Once standing at 18 feet tall and requiring ladders for harvest – the citrus trees are now barely half that height and ...
Florida orange growers are bracing for yet another record-low harvest as climate challenges and diseased trees continue to ...
When a friend asked me why her lemon tree, despite diligent fertilization, had bright yellow leaves and was failing to thrive, I told her I would try to determine the ...
But the freeze isn’t the only threat. Farmers are also battling ‘greening’ disease, a deadly bacteria that has devastated 80% ...
The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit ...
Scientists have raced for over a decade against citrus greening, the incurable disease killing trees across the state. Research behind a genetically modified tree shows promise. But it could still ...
Having an indoor fruit tree may sound appealing, but not all fruit trees are suited for growing inside. Here are the ones to ...
Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible for citrus greening. While the genetically edited tree has only been ...
A major grower said this week it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida's signature crops are facing following a series of hurricanes and tree diseases.