The citrus industry in Florida, a historic hub for citrus (Citrus sp.) production, has been grappling with the devastating effects of Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Production numbers for Florida’s orange crop continue to decline as the citrus industry’s storm-battered season nears an end. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just weeks after Florida's 2024-25 orange crop production estimate was slashed by 20%, growers are facing a polar vortex cold snap ...

A new tool allows researchers to probe the metabolic processes occurring within the leaves, stems, and roots of a key citrus crop, the clementine. The big picture goal of this research is to improve ...

VERO BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) — Things may be looking up for Florida's citrus industry. The latest details are spelled out in the United States Department of Agriculture's October Florida Citrus Forecast.

TAMPA, Fla. - Florida's citrus output has been falling for decades, but this season's harvest could be the smallest in more than a century. According to the latest forecast from the U.S. Department of ...

A new tool allows researchers to probe the metabolic processes occurring within the leaves, stems, and roots of a key citrus crop, the clementine. The big picture goal of this research is to improve ...

A pioneering study has uncovered the role of a key gene, PtrPAT1, in boosting cold tolerance in citrus plants by regulating the accumulation of glycine betaine (GB). This breakthrough not only deepens ...

Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but University of Florida scientists are using genes from another plant and putting them into Hamlin oranges to develop citrus plants that ...

The Cambridge Dictionary defines the familiar idiom, “a shot in the arm” as “something that has a sudden, strong, positive effect on something.” It apparently came into popular language as early as ...

A citrus industry representative is hopeful the state’s slump has “bottomed out” and is trending upward. The July Florida orange production forecast released Friday rose from 12.2 million boxes ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --A polar vortex with the potential to damage Florida's seasonal citrus crop is expected to descend on the state next week -- just after industry analysts predicted the lowest yield in ...