Citrus greening or Huanglongbing (HLB), was discovered in South Florida in 2005. ... Also, most lemon varieties are tolerant as they seem to put on more growth than the greening takes away.

Citrus greening is a disease with no known cure that has infected nearly every citrus grove. It first cropped up 20 years ago ...

Today, citrus greening is found in all of Florida’s citrus-producing counties and has spread throughout the U.S. including Texas and California. It does not discriminate and will attack any type of ...

Nearly 20 years after citrus greening appeared in Florida, exhausted farmers and researchers struggle to survive a disease destroying the state’s quintessential crop. ... grapefruits and lemons.

Life might be trying to take its lemons back. Over the past few decades, citrus trees across the country have fallen victim to citrus greening, a disease that has wiped out large swaths of Florida ...

There’s no cure for citrus greening. ... mandarins and even some lemons and grapefruits. There’s no sign of HLB in the Booth orchards yet, and Plumlee aims to keep it that way.

Q. Given your background, it would have been logical to go back to growing oranges. A. We started doing research and discovered that lemons are more resistant to greening than other citrus varieties.

My wife and I grow the basics — massive Bearss lemons, ... Two-thirds of the 9,300-plus documented cases of citrus greening in Southern California were in O.C., ...

Citrus greening or Huanglongbing (HLB), was discovered in South Florida in 2005. ... Also, most lemon varieties are tolerant as they seem to put on more growth than the greening takes away.