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, ...
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 ...
Q. What are the current rules about moving citrus to prevent the spread of HLB or citrus greening disease? Where can I find the most up-to-date quarantine maps? Citrus greening disease, also known as ...
In late 2016, as many of us were enjoying the harvests from our backyard citrus, I wrote an article about being on the lookout for citrus greening. At the time, citrus greening, a bacterial plant ...
The California Department of Food and Agriculture Thursday declared a new citrus quarantine in Valley Center after detecting the citrus tree disease known as Huanglongbing — or citrus greening — in ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — A potentially threatening citrus ...
California agricultural officials have identified a deadly plant disease in Carson for the first time — though it’s been in Southern California for a while. The disease, dubbed Huanglongbing — or HLB ...
A lemon tree heavy with fruit, April 7, 2017. The California Department of Food and Agriculture Thursday declared a quarantine in north San Diego County following the detection of the citrus disease ...
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 ...