South Texas residents are urged to inspect fruit trees for invasive fruit flies and report findings to local agriculture ...

Also, after a light year, pruning reduces fruit-bearing wood and gives the tree a chance to build up its reserves. 2. Remove the unhealthy wood. Pests and diseases enter lemon trees through dead ...

Before planting clear the area of all grass and weeds. Add 4 to 5 shovelfuls of organic matter like peat moss or manure to ...

Q. What are these weird white things on my citrus trees? They don’t seem like they’re moving, but they sure do attract ants!

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It was almost a year ago that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal ...

A bacterial disease called huanglongbing (a.k.a. citrus greening ... And, an ever expanding family tree.

The state Department of Food and Agriculture has declared a citrus quarantine expansion in the community of Valley Center.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a citrus quarantine expansion in Valley Center on March 26, after ...

Trevor Murphy, inspects an orange tree in one of his groves, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre ...

These storms uprooted and tore root systems that developed root rot diseases many years later. One by one these beautiful, mature citrus trees began to die and the days of walking out the door ...