The 2024-2025 citrus production season ended with 14.52 million boxes of citrus, the lowest total since 13.928 million boxes ...

Citrus farming has long been a crucial economic driver in Florida, contributing significantly to the state's economy.

Now, hope is budding on an unlikely branch: a 30-year-old tree named Donaldson, growing on a research farm near Groveland. Scientists say it could be the key to rescuing Florida’s oranges from ...

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“Together we created a tool that will open the door for improved crop design and sustainable farming for Citrus clementia and ...

A new tool allows researchers to probe the metabolic processes occurring within the leaves, stems, and roots of a key citrus ...

Citrus greening is a disease with no known cure that has infected nearly every citrus grove. It first cropped up 20 years ago ...

What makes this tree stand out comes down to three traits: it’s a genetically pure orange, it produces sweet, high-quality fruit and most importantly, it’s shown resistance to citrus greening.

Hit by storms and disease, Florida’s citrus growers try to survive until bug-free trees arrive orange tree SOURCE: AP Photo/Marta Lavandier Updated: 10:06 PM EDT Mar 14, 2025 ...

The process involves inserting a gene into a citrus tree that produces a protein that can kill baby Asian citrus psyllids by making holes in their guts, according to Lukasz Stelinski, an entomology ...

Individual protective covers shield young orange trees from the Asian citrus psyllid, which cause citrus greening disease, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla.

Hit by storms and disease, Florida’s citrus growers try to survive until bug-free trees arrive by MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press - 03/14/25 12:43 PM ET ...