Matt Mattia used both hands to flip through the branch at his eye level, studying each side of every leaf as sunlight ...

When Americans think of fresh orange juice, they probably picture a glass poured straight from Florida’s sun-drenched groves.

An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation with renewable energy. As large parts of the Sunshine State ...

An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and it could help provide the nation with renewable energy. As large parts of the Sunshine State ...

United States Department of Agriculture scientists have discovered a tree that may be resistant to citrus greening.

An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation with renewable energy. As large parts of the Sunshine State ...

An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation with renewable energy. As large parts of the Sunshine State ...

An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation with renewable energy. As large parts of the Sunshine State's ...

The shields remain on the trees for years. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) Those catastrophes contributed to a 90% decline in orange production over the past two decades. Citrus groves in Florida ...

The state’s orange yield has declined by 90% in the last three decades. In the last 10 years, grove land has halved. Oranges high atop a 16 foot citrus tree on The Story Companies 60 acre citrus ...

Elisabeth Beagle, Terviva's director of tree operations, places a newly grafted pongamia tree in a high- humidity greenhouse at the company's nursery, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Fort Pierce, Fla.