SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – County officials detected six adult Asian Citrus Psyllids (ACP) with an insect trap in Arroyo Grande – these pests are a serious concern to California's commercial ...

A genetically engineered tree holds promise to possibly save Florida's citrus industry from an insect that causes "greening disease." The Asian citrus psyllid has devastated the industry. Some Florida ...

Citrus trees are among the most widely planted backyard fruit trees in south Louisiana. As citrus fruit begin to ripen, we get questions about harvesting and storage. While citrus trees are relatively ...

Florida’s citrus farmers are at war. An insect invader called the Asian citrus psyllid has driven orange production to under half 2005 levels by spreading a disease that prevents fruit ripening.

About 12,000 citrus trees in St. Charles Parish are in danger from a tiny insect that carries an incurable disease. Though no cases of citrus greening disease have been reported in the parish and only ...

Citrus farmers in the state of São Paulo have successfully implemented biological control technology developed by the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture of the University of São Paulo (ESALQ-USP) ...

The winged insect is no bigger than a grain of rice, but it is threatening to destroy California citrus one tree at a time. Concentrated the last decade-plus in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, the ...

An insect is putting trees at Greens Citrus Groves at risk. Frank Green, owner of Greens Citrus Groves has walked this orange grove more times than he could possibly count. Now 79 years old, he was ...

In late 2016, as many of us were enjoying the harvests from our backyard citrus, I wrote an article about being on the lookout for citrus greening. At the time, citrus greening, a bacterial plant ...

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