John Barben is a fourth-generation Florida citrus grower and vice president of Barben Fruit Company. He is also a board ...

Trevor Murphy, inspects an orange tree in one of his groves, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla. Murphy, whose family ...

Florida orange production has fallen by some 90% in the past two decades in large part due to citrus greening, but growers ...

Do you have a green thumb? Maybe you’re interested in growing something that will blossom in your yard. The spring gardening ...

an entomology professor at the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences' Citrus Research and Education Center. It could be at least three years before bug-resistant trees ...

Do you have a green thumb? Maybe you’re interested in growing something that will blossom in your yard. The spring gardening season is a […] ...

A bug-free tree A whole ecosystem of businesses dependent on Florida citrus is at risk if the crops fail, including 33,000 full-time and part-time jobs and an economic impact of $6.8 billion in ...

an entomology professor at the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences' Citrus Research and Education Center. It could be at least three years before bug-resistant trees ...

Florida expanded by more than 467,000 people ... The process involves inserting a gene into a citrus tree that produces a protein that can kill baby Asian citrus psyllids by making holes in ...