Florida Wax Scale, Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock by Shweta Sharma, Eileen Buss

“…The Florida wax scale, Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, is one of the most commonly encountered soft scales throughout the southern United States, where it is a serious pest of citrus and several ornamental and landscape plants, like holly. …”
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Optimization of Hormonal Compositions of Media in In Vitro Propagation of Orange Cultivars from Shoot Tip Nodal Segments by Fuad Abdi, Zekeria Yusuf, Yohannes Petros, Mulugeta Desta

“…Orange is one of the most horticulturally important and widely cultivated Citrus species. Citrus cultivar improvement via conventional breeding strategies is normally impeded by factors related to its reproductive biology. …”
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Progress towards an eco-friendly insect pest management approach in subtropical agro-ecosystems (South Africa) by Tertia Grové

“…Biological control products also need to be tested against citrus thrips on mango. The mango industry needs to find more environmentally safe suppression methods that can be used with sanitation to manage mango seed weevil as it is a pest of phytosanitary concern. …”
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Continuous Canopy Shake Mechanical Harvesting Systems by Stephen H. Futch, Fritz M. Roka

“… Mechanical harvesting systems harvested more than 17,000 acres of Florida citrus in the 2002-03 season. Two types of mechanical harvesters are being used today: continuous canopy shake and trunk shake systems. …”
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Plant Diagnostic Clinic and HLB Lab by Pamela Roberts, Shea Teems, Joubert Fayette, Jamie Burrow

“… The Plant Pathology program at the UF/IFAS Southwest Research and Education Center is the state and local resource for plant diagnostic services, including HLB (Huanglongbing, or citrus greening) detection, and for insect identification. …”
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Fuller Rose Beetle, Naupactus godmanni (Crotch) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…It describes this cosmopolitan beetle whose extensive list of hosts include citrus, cucurbits, strawberry, beans, peach, rhubarb, rose, and potato — synonymy, distribution, description, biology, host plants, damage, and management. …”
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Fuller Rose Beetle, Naupactus godmanni (Crotch) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…It describes this cosmopolitan beetle whose extensive list of hosts include citrus, cucurbits, strawberry, beans, peach, rhubarb, rose, and potato — synonymy, distribution, description, biology, host plants, damage, and management. …”
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Key Lime Growing in the Florida Home Landscape by Jonathan H. Crane

“…FC47, a 12-page fact sheet by Jonathan Crane, provides homeowners with an overview of this small bushy citrus fruit tree introduced to the Americas by Spanish and Portuguese explorers in the sixteenth century — description, propagation, fruit production, placement in the landscape, care, pest management, concerns with lawn care, harvest, ripening, and storage, use and nutrition. …”
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Plant Diagnostic Clinic and HLB Lab by Pamela Roberts, Shea Teems, Joubert Fayette, Jamie Burrow

“… The Plant Pathology program at the UF/IFAS Southwest Research and Education Center is the state and local resource for plant diagnostic services, including HLB (Huanglongbing, or citrus greening) detection, and for insect identification. …”
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Ixora for South Florida by Gail Keeler, Kim Gabel, Rick Schoellhorn

“… Ixora, like other acid-loving plants such as hibiscus, gardenia, citrus, and Allamanda, can be an attractive landscape plant, but there are a few requirements you need to know to keep Ixora healthy and flowering in your yard. …”
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Ixora for South Florida by Gail Keeler, Kim Gabel, Rick Schoellhorn

“… Ixora, like other acid-loving plants such as hibiscus, gardenia, citrus, and Allamanda, can be an attractive landscape plant, but there are a few requirements you need to know to keep Ixora healthy and flowering in your yard. …”
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Continuous Canopy Shake Mechanical Harvesting Systems by Stephen H. Futch, Fritz M. Roka

“… Mechanical harvesting systems harvested more than 17,000 acres of Florida citrus in the 2002-03 season. Two types of mechanical harvesters are being used today: continuous canopy shake and trunk shake systems. …”
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Leafminers on Ornamental Plants by Eileen A. Buss

“…Buss, describes larvae that feed between the upper and lower surfaces of leaves, creating serpentine or blotchy tunnels inside the leaves, including specific sections on Azalea Leafminers, Yellow Poplar Weevils, Blotch Leafminers, Citrus Leafminers, and methods of control for this type of pest. …”
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Agricultural Land Values Increase: 2003 Survey Results by John E. Reynolds

“…Survey respondents indicated that the increases in the value of agricultural lands were primarily due to a strong nonagricultural demand for land. The value of citrus land increased after declines for the past two years. …”
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Postbloom Fruit Drop (PFD) Identification and Management by Megan M. Dewdney, Natalia A. Peres, Jamie D. Burrow

“… This two-sided ID card is ideal for growers working in the field trying to identify or manage postbloom fruit drop (PFD) in citrus. The ID card includes photos of blooms affected by PFD and photos of healthy blooms for comparison. …”
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Giant Swallowtail, Orangedog, Papilio cresphontes Cramer (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) by Heather J. McAuslane

“…It describes this striking, wonderfully “exotic”-looking butterfly that is very abundant in Florida, and whose larva is the well-known “orangedog” that is a minor pest of sweet orange and other members of the citrus family — its distribution, description, life cycle, host plants, biological control and other control methods. …”
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Habitat Requirements of the Florida Panther by Elizabeth F. Pienaar, Elena C. Rubino

“…Habitat loss and fragmentation are primary threats, driven by urban development and the conversion of rangelands to row crops, citrus production, and mining. This 3-page fact sheet focuses on which habitats are most important for conservation of the Florida panther. …”
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Orange Juice Consumers Response to the Covid-19 Outbreak by Yan Heng, Marisa Zansler, Lisa House

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Postbloom Fruit Drop (PFD) Identification and Management by Megan M. Dewdney, Natalia A. Peres, Jamie D. Burrow

“… This two-sided ID card is ideal for growers working in the field trying to identify or manage postbloom fruit drop (PFD) in citrus. The ID card includes photos of blooms affected by PFD and photos of healthy blooms for comparison. …”
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Vitamin C in fleshy fruits: biosynthesis, recycling, genes, and enzymes by D. Y. Tyapkina, E. Z. Kochieva, M. A. Slugina

“…Plants are the main source of vitamin C in human nutrition, especially citrus, rose hip, tomato, strawberry, pepper, papaya, kiwi, and currant fruits. …”
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