Articles - Citrus

greening

Management strategies against greening

Integrated management measures, adopted regionally and with a greater number of tools available, is the way to control the disease

13.05.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

Lethal guest: feeding and oviposition preference of D. citri

Greening is currently the most serious problem faced by Brazilian citrus farming and controlling the citrus psyllid, the insect vector of the disease, is one of the main challenges for producers.

06.04.2018 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

The production and marketing of tangerines

By Emílio Favero, partner and commercial director at AlfaCitrus, one of the largest producers of oranges and tangerines in Brazil. President of ABCM (Brazilian Table Citrus Association), president of the Deliberative Council of

20.02.2018 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Induction of resistance in citrus crops

The induction of resistance via the application of neonicotinoids may be an alternative to combat pathogens such as citrus canker. The disease, associated with the citrus leafminer Phyllocnistis

16.02.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Factors that make it difficult to control the leprosy mite

By Renato Beozzo Bassanezi, researcher at Fundecitrus

25.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

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Threatening guest: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in citrus

Common on weeds and crops such as tomatoes, potatoes and lettuce, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, which causes white mold, also lives on citrus. Due to the aggressiveness of the disease, studies are important to quantify the possibilities

19.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

Orchard exterminator: citrus greening management methods

Nine years after the detection of the presence of Greening in Brazil, the disease continues to challenge citrus growers and research

12.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

Challenges in managing black spot in citrus crops

The removal of benzimidazoles from the list of pesticides in integrated citrus production opens a gap in the control of diseases such as black spot, caused by the fungus Guignardia citricarpa

01.09.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

How to manage postharvest rot in citrus

Rot in citrus during storage is an additional concern, as it results in discarding and depreciation of the fruit.

14.08.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Technology enables high productivity in citrus farming

Experts, producers, entities and industry have joined forces in recent years to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the citrus sector in Brazil

22.05.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

HLB is the hot ticket

By Lourival Carmo Monaco, President of Fundecitrus

08.02.2017 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

​Greening in citrus: far from the end

The arduous battle of researchers and citrus growers against Greening gives no respite

27.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

Control of the insect vector of greening, the main citrus disease

Greening is currently the most serious problem faced by Brazilian citrus farming and controlling the citrus psyllid, the insect vector of the disease, is one of the main challenges for producers.

14.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

​New challenges

The removal of benzimidazoles from the list of pesticides in integrated citrus production opens a gap in the control of diseases such as black spot, caused by the fungus Guignardia citricarpa

05.08.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Citrus blackfly: how to manage

The citrus blackfly is an aggressive pest, responsible for losses that range from stealing nutrients from plants to affecting the quality of fruits for sale.

02.08.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

Citrus: management of Helicoverpa armigera

A serious problem in soybean, cotton, corn, tomato and bean crops, the Helicoverpa armigera caterpillar also affects citrus

20.07.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

Chemical control of greening vector insect

In the fight against Greening, the most destructive disease ever recorded in citrus in Brazil, chemical combat against the insect vector is one of the main tools available

07.06.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Effects of using lime sulfur on citrus crops

With fungicidal, insecticidal, acaricidal action and also as a foliar fertilizer, lime sulfur is a very popular tool among citrus growers.

20.04.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

diaphorina citri

HLB vector psyllid dispersal mapping

Diaphorina citri is the psyllid vector of HLB, a highly devastating disease in citrus orchards. Mapping the behavior and dispersion of the insect is essential for adopting appropriate management strategies.

08.03.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Damage

How to manage the attack of Sclerotinia sclerotirum in citrus crops

Common on weeds and crops such as tomatoes, potatoes and lettuce, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, which causes white mold, also lives on citrus. Due to the aggressiveness of the disease, studies are important to quantify the possibilities

26.02.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

New antibiotics and their use in citrus canker control

Brazil is the largest producer of sweet oranges in the world, with an estimated harvest for 2017/2018 of 364,47 million boxes of 40,8 kg (Fundecitrus). In comparison, we produce almost 6 times more than the state of Florida (USA), if

29.05.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Goodbye to leprosis

Citrus leprosis is capable of causing 100% loss in production if there is no proper control.

10.11.2015 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Brown streak

Spot detected in Brazil in 2001 threatens again. In the 2002/2003 harvest, Alternaria brown spot was observed in municipalities in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul. The “tangerine pathotype”, whose attack continues

10.11.2015 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

The citrus map in RS

Supported by Brazilian leadership in the world ranking of concentrated orange juice production, Rio Grande do Sul carries out climate mapping identifying the best regions for expanding citrus farming in the

10.11.2015 | 21:59 (UTC -3)