Oh no, here comes an annoying problem for those of us who take pride in our beautiful garden citrus trees. An insect native to Asia is invading California’s citrus groves. It showed up in Southern ...
QUESTION: My lemon tree started sending out new growth, but it's deformed, twisted and has a silvery appearance. It almost looks like there are trails running through the insides of some of the leaves ...
If you have been scouting for insects or disease damage on your citrus trees in the past few weeks, you probably have noticed some silver to whitish tunnels on the leaves. This damage is caused by the ...
Q. I have a very established orange tree and I have recently noticed that some of the leaves are distorted. Do you know what it is? I have never seen it before. A. You have citrus leafminer. The ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - There’s something you should check for right now to protect your citrus plants. “This time of year is when we start worrying about citrus leafminer,” said Dr. Tim ...
My citrus trees are sending out new growth now, but the leaves look unhealthy and deformed. Something is wrong and I don’t know what is causing it. What should I do? — Carmela The damage to the new ...
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 98, No. 2 (June, 2015), pp. 742-748 (7 pages) Recent efforts to disrupt mating of the leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a global ...
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 82, No. 2 (Jun., 1999), pp. 305-316 (12 pages) The citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), was first reported in the Lower Rio ...
Recently I found that some of the new leaves on my old Improved Meyer Lemon were riddled with the tracks of the Citrus Leafminer. I”m getting lots of questions about the pest from other citrus tree ...
When the peaches are a memory and the apples are all picked, when the pomegranates are dwindling and the guavas are gone, we get ready to eat oranges, kumquats, grapefruits and other citrus. Though ...
Indoor heating lowers humidity levels and causes dry air. In the winter, using a cool-mist humidifier near your citrus tree ...
Q. Why is my lemon tree losing its leaves, yet small fruit are still attached? Debra Korman, San Jose A. There are a few reasons that lemon trees drop their leaves. Although we grow citrus in the Bay ...