Helping those who grow and eat the most delicious fruit.
The movement of citrus fruit poses a severe danger to California’s citrus trees due to the presence of Asian citrus psyllids and huanglongbing (also known as HLB or citrus greening). You can help save California’s citrus trees by consuming home-grown citrus at home.
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Citrus diseases are a significant threat to our citrus trees in California and all citrus growing regions. I have made a video showing 14 of the nastiest ones and giving tips for avoiding them. Citrus tree diseases of great concern include Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, citrus tristeza virus, citrus stubborn disease, cachexia, exocortis, psorosis, citrus variegated chlorosis, citrus tatter leaf virus, leprosis, citrus leaf blotch virus, canker, sudden death, black spot, and chlorotic dwarf. The video also shows some of the insects and mites that spread diseases. These include Asian citrus psyllids, cotton aphids, brown citrus aphids, leafhopper insects, sharpshooter insects, and flat mites. The video includes citrus disease pictures and citrus pest pictures.
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This article shows the process of growing citrus trees from seed from harvesting the fruit and extracting the seeds all the way to germination.
In the following video on citrus tree care, I visited Dr. Ashraf El-Kereamy to get answers to reader questions on various topics including fertilizing citrus trees, watering citrus trees, potting citrus trees, transplanting citrus trees, pruning citrus trees, and citrus disease. Ashraf (email: ashrafe@ucr.edu) is a Cooperative Extension Citrus Specialist and faculty member at the Department of Botany and Plant Science, at the University of California Riverside.
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