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 SENATE HAS passed a bill to levy a $1 tax on each citrus tree sold for backyard planting to raise money for the fight against citrus canker. The bill (HB 1364) would provide $12 million, half from ...

Citrus canker has officially been eradicated from Australia, three years after the plant disease was discovered in the Northern Territory. Australia is now free of citrus canker, improving export ...

Citrus trees are among the most widely planted backyard fruit trees in south Louisiana. As citrus fruit begin to ripen, we get questions about harvesting and storage. While citrus trees are relatively ...

Annette Haimowitz, 89 years old, is hopping mad. And who can blame her? Her pink grapefruit tree is gone — the tree she planted 30 years ago behind her duplex in Deerfield Beach. The tree that gave ...

The checks are in the mail. Or almost in the mail, to compensate Lee County homeowners who lost their citrus trees to the state’s failed canker-fighting campaign 15 to 17 years ago. The checks are ...