Citrus cultivation relies heavily on the performance of rootstocks, which significantly influence fruit quality by modulating growth, water-use efficiency, and disease resistance. The interaction ...

Citrus is the world’s most economically significant fruit crop, but it faces various environmental adversities that restrict its distribution. Grafting is a crucial factor in enhancing citrus ...

Scientists studied tolerance to huanglongbing under field conditions in trees of commercial citrus scion/rootstock combinations. All trees showed symptoms of HLB and tested positive for the Candidatus ...

The planting mode and different performance of (a) trees and (b) fruits of Cj + LL and Pt + LL, and (c) the fruit quality data of peel color parameters, single fruit weight, total soluble solid and ...

Harvest has begun in the Millennium Block, a seven-year, 5,000-tree research project designed to identify HLB-tolerant citrus ...

While familiarity with the term “grafting” is widespread among gardeners, a true understanding of what grafting is and why it is done is not so common. In a nutshell, grafting is a horticultural ...

Effective pruning also maintains a healthy and vibrant tree, boosts fruit production, and protects against pests and diseases ...

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 ...