MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WKRG) — A plant disease that presents a serious threat to the U.S. citrus industry has been detected in Baldwin County for the first time in Alabama. Federal and state plant health ...

A maker of biopesticides based in Columbia announced a new product aimed at fighting a bacterial disease that affects citrus plants. Certis USA LLC said its new product, AgriPhage Citrus Canker, is ...

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 ...

LAKELAND - University of Florida researchers hope to use tiny microbes already in Florida citrus groves to fight citrus canker. Researchers will explore how to take what is already known about the way ...

The check, finally, is in the mail for South Florida residents whose fruit trees were destroyed in the state’s failed campaign to wipe out citrus canker. This week, 84,000 homeowners in Broward and ...

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 ...

A highly contagious bacterial disease harmful to most varieties of citrus plants has spread around Plaquemines Parish and is in two locations in St. John the Baptist Parish. Those areas are in the ...

Officials: Bacteria not harmful to humans or animals and fruit remains safe to eat. The state Department of Agriculture is warning citrus growers about a bacteria detected in a commercial grove in ...

An international team of scientists from Brazil and the United States have completed the draft genome sequences of two strains of the Xanthomonas bacteria that cause citrus canker. Citrus canker, a ...

It’s a cloudy Friday morning at Dick Spears’ southwest Orange County home in the upscale Bay Hill neighborhood. Rain drizzles into Spears’ swimming pool as he sits in his screened patio, surveying the ...

Experiencing a sore tongue after eating fruit could indicate allergies, infections, or vitamin deficiencies. Acidic fruits worsen symptoms so consider adjusting your diet if needed.

An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation with renewable energy. As large parts of the Sunshine State’s once ...