Citrus trees showing natural tolerance to citrus greening disease host bacteria that produce novel antimicrobials that can be used to fight off the disease, our recent study shows. We found the trees ...

APHIS is expanding the quarantined area in the Capistrano Beach area of Orange County by 29 square miles and the Murrieta ...

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. It is one of the most promising discoveries to date ...

Most people know Florida’s citrus industry is struggling with citrus greening. The threat, however, doesn’t exist in a silo, and residential trees – where the plant disease was first detected in the ...

The deadly plant disease called citrus greening that appeared in the Rio Grande Valley last month has led to the destruction of 14 citrus trees as officials strive to control its spread. The Texas ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued a citrus quarantine this week for northern San Diego County and part of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The quarantine was issued after state ...

Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible ...

The Treasure Coast once was the top producer of grapefruit in the world. Florida now produces less than one-tenth of the citrus it did before citrus greening was discovered. The bacterial disease is ...

On either side of a sandy dirt road, Valencia orange trees tower overhead with flecks of orange and yellow peeking through leafy green branches. Morgan McKenna Porter, 32, has spent her whole life in ...

Kateel G. Shetty receives funding from USDA-NIFA Emergency Citrus Disease Research & Extension (ECDRE) program, grant number 2022-70029-38526 Jessica Dominguez received funding from USDA-NIFA-HSI ...