The Roberts family planted the first citrus trees on the original Baddaford farm, outside Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape, in 1903. In 1908, the first fruit was exported in wooden crates. Baddaford farm amalgamated with Riverside, owned by the Painter family, in the 1990s, and has been a citrusContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dan Nosowitz, Modern Farmer Citrus greening disease, sometimes known by its Chinese name of huanglongbing, is one of the most devastating problems to face the fruit industry in years. According to the USDA, “Citrus Greening (Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus) is one of the most serious citrus plant diseases in theContinue Reading
Things turned around for Murshed Mia and his wife Swapna Begum ten years ago when they tried their luck in organic farming of mandarin in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila. Their profit from the first harvest was one of the success stories in the area and many others followed suit. Continue Reading
On top of the avocados, kiwis and cape gooseberries they are already growing, Turkish farmers continue to lean toward new alternatives, producing different types of tropical fruit that can easily adapt to the Mediterranean region. Many products are planted in the region, with the most popular being bananas, avocados, passionContinue Reading
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as greening, is one of the most serious citrus plant diseases in the world. Infected trees produce bitter fruits that are green, misshapen, and unsuitable for sale. Once a tree is infected, there is no cure and it typically dies within a few years. GreeningContinue Reading
The rising popularity of foods which rely on pollinating insects to grow – such as citrus fruits, avocados and soybeans – are a threat to global food security, experts have warned. Over the last 40 years crop diversity has been in decline, as farmers have prioritized growing theContinue Reading
Municipal leaders of Santo Tomás and Palmar de Varela, Colombia, have urged for an agricultural calamity be declared in the Atlantic due to the devastating and widespread effects of citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB) which means ‘yellow dragon’ in Mandarin. The tropical fruit disease is bacterial andContinue Reading
Following bumper lemon and mandarin plantings, South Africa is expected to export a record 137 million boxes of citrus fruit to more than 100 countries this year – the second record year in a row. This is despite a 3% fall in plantings of Valencia oranges, which represent almostContinue Reading
A team of researchers, including two from the University of California, Riverside, has identified the genes responsible for the hallmark sour taste of many citrus fruits. Published Tuesday, Feb. 25 in Nature Communications, the research could help plant breeders develop new, sweeter varieties. Modern citrus varieties have been bredContinue Reading
When Heather Rhoades bought her first indoor orange tree nearly 20 years ago, she had to order it from a specialty online retailer. Now, it’s not uncommon to find citrus trees at local gardening centers or big box stores, said Rhoades, owner of Gardening Know How, an online resource basedContinue Reading
A genomic analysis of some 60 citrus accessions has upended previously proposed taxonomic classifications. Researchers led by the US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute’s Guohong Albert Wu sequenced 30 citrus fruit genomes and compared them to previously sequenced genomes to unravel the genealogy and evolutionary history ofContinue Reading
From sweet oranges to sour lemons, all citrus fruit traces its roots to the southeast foothills of the Himalaya, says an international team of scientists. Fruits of the genus Citrus are among the most commonly grown worldwide, yet the group’s origins have been elusive. To investigate, Manuel TalonContinue Reading