VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida orange production has been something near and dear to many over the decades, but farmers right now are dealing with a litany of problems. As CNN reports, in recent ...

Scientists at the University of Florida say a protein can help make some citrus more tolerant to the deadly disease.

"If our commercial citrus gets infected with this disease, we could potentially lose California citrus." The Image Party / Shutterstock The Director of the Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Division ...

A Southern California quarantine zone has been expanded in an effort to stop the spread of a disease that threatens the state’s multibillion-dollar citrus industry. The addition of 107 square miles ...

When I started my horticultural career in New Orleans back in 1980, my memory of growing citrus seems so easy. White flies and other sucking insects and the sooty mold they caused were the only major ...

Eleven years after a disease that kills citrus trees was discovered in Southern California, the number of infections is rising — but experts and researchers are still fighting it. In Southern ...

The spread of an incurable fruit-tree disease caused by an aphid-like insect continues to march across San Bernardino County, with the discovery of five diseased trees in Rancho Cucamonga in September ...

California agricultural officials have identified a deadly plant disease in Carson for the first time — though it’s been in Southern California for a while. The disease, dubbed Huanglongbing — or HLB ...

Quarantine boundaries extend out from the Oceanside site where two diseased trees were found. Photo credit: cfda.ca.gov The California Department of Food and Agriculture Thursday declared a quarantine ...