Prevent tree stress: The best way to prevent mealybugs is to avoid tree stress and irrigate during periods of drought, and ...

Citrus greening is a disease with no known cure that has infected nearly every citrus grove. It first cropped up 20 years ago. There's still no cure.

Hammered by hurricanes and citrus greening disease, Florida’s citrus industry ended the 2024-2025 growing season with the lowest production in more than a century, according to numbers released ...

Microscopic pest becoming serious threat to Maryland Beech trees Nematodes gets into tree's leaves, feeds on cell wall structures, breaking them down ...

Sean O'Brien, from the UNH Cooperative Extension, takes a look at how beech leaf disease spreads and the signs to help you identify if one of your trees is infected.

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! Cottony cushion scale is a common pest of citrus, but can also ...

And in 2023, more people moved to Polk County than any other county in the country. Population growth, hurricanes and a vicious citrus greening disease have left the Florida orange industry reeling.

Hit by storms and disease, Florida citrus growers try to survive until bug-free trees arrive Many growers are now making the difficult decision to sell orange groves in families for generations ...

Florida’s citrus growers are struggling to survive the one-two punch of hurricanes and disease.