Now, hope is budding on an unlikely branch: a 30-year-old tree named Donaldson, growing on a research farm near Groveland.

A new multi-institutional study will develop and evaluate systems that deliver treatments to trees affected by citrus greening disease.

CITRA, Fla. — Once standing at 18 feet tall and requiring ladders for harvest – the citrus trees are now barely half that height and struggle to survive in the grip of disease.

Here's how to care for your citrus trees as fall ... you want to avoid the rookie mistake too many make of laying mulch right up to the tree trunk. This is a good way to spread disease—make ...

It’s also the tree that growers hope will save the state’s citrus industry. “When I saw the Donaldson tree, I was like, ‘Wow, this is something that’s really unique and really different ...

Major Florida grower to end citrus operations after years of hurricanes and tree disease Last month, agriculture officials said Florida's orange production forecast for the 2024-2025 season had ...

HLB has dealt a massive blow to Florida’s iconic citrus industry. Since citrus greening disease was first detected in the state in 2005, Florida citrus production is down by more than 92%. The disease ...

Citrus growers reported in a recent survey that at least 90 percent of their acreage devoted to commercial citrus is infected with citrus greening and 78 percent of the trees are infected.

Citrus greening disease is spread by an Asian Citrus Psyllid. "It's a very, very small insect that feeds on the citrus tree, spreads the disease from one tree to the other and it eventually ends ...

When Americans think of fresh orange juice, they probably picture a glass poured straight from Florida’s sun-drenched groves. But for two decades, the state’s citrus industry has been under ...