"At some point, this isn't going to be an orange grove anymore," Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the ...

Florida orange production has fallen by some 90% in the past two decades in large part due to citrus greening, but growers ...

I have a wonderful lemon tree in my present home that just explodes with fruit, a newly planted lime tree, a kaffir lime for my Asian dishes, a mandarin, and an early and late fruiting orange.

A tree that loses branches and foliage in a hurricane can take three years to recover, Murphy said. A new residential neighborhood is under construction in a former citrus grove, Tuesday ...

Trevor Murphy, inspects an orange tree in one of his groves, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla. Murphy, whose family has been growing oranges for generations, is hoping for a cure to citrus ...

Researchers have been working for eight years on a genetically modified tree that can kill the tiny insects responsible for citrus greening. The process involves inserting a gene into a citrus ...

A bug-free tree A whole ecosystem of businesses dependent on Florida citrus is at risk if the crops fail, including 33,000 full-time and part-time jobs and an economic impact of $6.8 billion in ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story ...