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Grafting Citrus Trees by Chip Budding in a California Nursery

November 12, 2018 By Dan Willey Leave a Comment

This article shows a highly efficient bud grafting technique used for grafting citrus trees in citrus nurseries.

Grafting Citrus Trees by Chip Budding in a California Nursery

I saw chip budding of citrus performed at TreeSource Citrus Nursery in California’s central valley. Chip budding is a bud grafting technique used for grafting orange trees, grafting lemon trees, and for grafting citrus trees of all varieties. Chip budding to young citrus rootstocks makes it possible to propagate a large number of citrus trees in a small space.
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Grafting Citrus Trees Under a Microscope

October 13, 2018 By Dan Willey Leave a Comment

California scientists use various techniques, including grafting citrus trees under a microscope, to avoid all graft-transmissible diseases when introducing a citrus variety to the state. Because citrus trees are vulnerable to many graft-transmissible diseases, all citrus varieties to be introduced in California must by law go through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program or CCPP at the University of California Riverside. Using a grafting technique called shoot tip grafting, the CCPP will remove any disease-causing organisms and certify that a variety is healthy for release in California.

Saving Citrus Trees by Removing Unloved Citrus Trees

September 6, 2018 By Dan Willey Leave a Comment

In California our citrus trees are severely threatened by a deadly and incurable plant disease called huanglongbing or HLB. It is possible to save citrus trees from this disease by removing and destroying unloved citrus trees. A free citrus tree removal service is now available in California's HLB-affected areas.

It is possible to save citrus trees by removing and destroying unloved trees. — It is possible to save citrus trees from huanglongbing (HLB) disease by removing and destroying unloved trees.

Breeding and Growing Citrus from Seed to Overcome a Deadly Disease

August 20, 2018 By Dan Willey Leave a Comment

California scientists are now breeding and growing citrus from seed in order to overcome citrus disease. Scientists have discovered that some Australian native citrus relatives show natural resistance to the deadly huanglongbing (HLB) disease. Crossing these Australian citrus relatives with traditional citrus varieties has the potential to produce hybrid offspring with resistance to HLB.