Curls can be cute on a person’s hair, on poodles, sheep, and, of course, on a pig’s tail. But they’re not so cute on trees or plants. 99.9% of us have seen leaf curl on citrus trees. Disturbing as ...

Gardeners, this week we are discussing Asian Citrus Greening and Citrus Canker and how we can recognize each of the two citrus diseases. There are numerous plant diseases that may attack citrus trees, ...

Over time, fruit of HLB-infected trees begins to turn green and develop a bitter, metallic taste. (Elizabeth Chin / UC Davis) Florida produced twice as much citrus as California as recently as 2012 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, spreads the bacterium responsible for citrus greening. In late 2016, as many of us ...

OCEANSIDE — State agricultural officials declared a 60-square-mile quarantine this week after a potentially devastating citrus disease was found in two trees on residential property in Oceanside, its ...

While Huanglongbing (HLB) — a deadly citrus tree disease — has yet to be detected in San Diego, the proximity to nearby detections in Orange County and parts of Mexico means citrus trees in San Diego ...

When I started my horticultural career in New Orleans back in 1980, my memory of growing citrus seems so easy. White flies and other sucking insects and the sooty mold they caused were the only major ...

In the next few months, James Truman will be planting over 400 new citrus trees on his farm in Surprise. Many of the trees on his farm are puny things. As he strides among them to check for signs of ...

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The California Department of Food and Agriculture Thursday declared a quarantine in north San Diego County following the detection of the citrus disease Huanglongbing, or citrus greening, in two ...

The spread of an incurable fruit-tree disease caused by an aphid-like insect continues to march across San Bernardino County, with the discovery of five diseased trees in Rancho Cucamonga in September ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A new effort to save citrus trees in Texas began in the Houston area today as an infection is threatening the citrus industry across the state. The infection is called citrus ...