The research team discovered that some citrus-related plants, like the curry leaf plant and Sichuan pepper plant, naturally ...

Huanglongbing (HLB) is a devastating citrus disease. Prof. YE Jian's team at the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified the first citrus resistance mechanism to ...

With no known cure ... a "100-year disease" due to its profound impact and the difficulty of eradication. All commercial citrus varieties are susceptible, and once infected, trees typically ...

Over the last 20 years, production in Florida orange groves has plummeted 92%, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Demand for orange juice hit an all-time low last year, and this year is ...

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton wants to spend $200 million to help the state's ailing citrus industry as it faces the ...

The disease causes citrus trees to grow misshapen ... The county says CDFA will work with residents in those areas to arrange for treatment of citrus trees as a protective measure.

In a groundbreaking study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. YE Jian from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of ...

The Florida citrus production has been steadily decreased due to diseases ... an orange tree in one of his groves, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla. Murphy, whose family has been growing ...

The fruits of Florida are famous the world over but production is plummeting as a variety of factors take hold.

On top of this, growers have been struggling with citrus greening, a bacterial disease for which no known cure exists. According to experts from the University of Florida, once a tree becomes infected ...

Citrus greening disease, also called huanglongbing (HLB), is often referred to as the "cancer of citrus" because it slowly kills trees and has no known cure. Spread by tiny insects, the disease ...