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Pondering adding passion fruit to your edible home landscape? UF/IFAS offers tips

(UF/IFAS) — Got a passion for fruit? Perhaps you have been pondering the mystery of the passion fruit tree? If it is on your must-try list to add to your edible home landscape, then you are in luck. Extension agents and faculty at University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have just released Passion Fruit Problems in …

CUPS Research Looking Beyond Grapefruit
Citrus under protective screen (CUPS) provides citrus growers with a way to overcome the challenges of huanglongbing (HLB) disease. While grapefruit is the predominant variety grown in CUPS, research is underway to expand the varieties grown under screen. That’s one of the remaining CUPS research hurdles for Arnold Schumann, professor of soil fertility and water […]
Rootstock Selection Based on Planting Density
By John M. Chater Huanglongbing (HLB) has changed the citrus landscape in Florida in many ways. One important consideration is rootstock selection. HLB affects the growth rate of a citrus tree substantially. Trees grow at a much slower rate on average compared to healthy trees. In the citrus under protected screen (CUPS) environment, trees can […]