Some Costa Mesa residents are being notified citrus trees in their yards may need to be sprayed with insecticide or removed, after state agriculture officials confirmed the detection of harmful ...

About 12,000 citrus trees in St. Charles Parish are in danger from a tiny insect that carries an incurable disease. Though no cases of citrus greening disease have been reported in the parish and only ...

Asian citrus psyllids, invasive insects that measure about one-eighth of an inch long, can spread bacteria that kill citrus trees. California Department of Food and Agriculture Associated Press An ...

Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible for citrus greening. It is one of the most promising discoveries to date ...

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 ...

Overwinter your potted citrus tree indoors successfully with these essential care tips.

The recent discovery of citrus trees in Rancho Bernardo’s Westwood neighborhood with the bacterial disease Huanglongbing means a 95-square-mile area in north inland San Diego has been placed under ...

In a new strategy to combat citrus greening disease, scientists have engineered citrus trees to act as both bait and executioner for the insects that spread the disease. Using virus-induced gene ...

Many people have a potted citrus plant or two that they keep indoors during the winter and move outdoors for the summer. It may be one of those dwarf trees that produce full-sized fruit. Or it could ...

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 ...

If you want your citrus trees to produce an abundance of healthy fruit in winter, now is the time to care for them. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and ...