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 ...

The study focused on identifying strains of the cherry canker in samples from orchards in the main cherry-producing regions of the Andean country.

Gardeners, this week we are discussing Asian Citrus Greening and Citrus Canker and how we can recognize each of the two citrus diseases. There are numerous plant diseases that may attack citrus trees, ...

We saw some dieback in trees coming out of winter. In some cases, it is environmental stress from drought stress and winter temperature extremes. It may also be a canker disease. Cankers infect trunks ...

European canker, caused by the fungal pathogen Neonectria ditissima, presents a significant challenge to apple production across temperate regions. The disease manifests as cankers on trunks and ...

One March morning, more than eighty years after his family first started growing oranges in DeLeon Springs, Steve Crump stood on the same land, shaking his head in frustration. The fourth-generation ...

Fungal pathogens that cause die-back in grape, avocado, citrus, nut and other crops has found a new host and is infecting conifer trees causing Pine Ghost Canker in urban forest areas of Southern ...