HLB might not be the main cause of citrus fruit drop
For many years, Florida’s citrus industry has focused on taming Huanglongbing (HLB or citrus greening), a disease well-known by farmers in the state that affects citrus trees in various ways, including causing premature fruit drop. However, new...
Pathogens Identified as Cause of Citrus Fruit Drop
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA, JUNE 10, 2024: Eleven years of research conducted in EU have determined causes of fruit drop on citrus, and the results will help to guide the citrus industry into the future. Fruit drop, in particular, was thought to be caused by physiological...
A Key Component in Pecan Spray Programs
KeyPlex has long been a leader in plant nutrition, biocontrol and oil-based botanical research for the specialty crop sector. Now, pecan producers can benefit from that leadership. Insecticide resistance can quickly become a problem in pecan production. That’s where...
Grower Trials Show Significant KP 120 Return on Investment
Smart farmers know the importance of conducting their own field trials before fully adopting crop inputs. It makes sense to see how products perform and if there’s a return on investment. That’s what several watermelon growers in Florida have been doing for the past...
Role of Fungal Pathogen in Citrus Fruit Drop at Center of Symposium
Role of Fungal Pathogen in Citrus Fruit Drop at Center of Symposium In September 2021, KeyPlex, a plant health product supplier, invited me to attend a peptide symposium. The use of peptides in citrus has become a hot topic in the past year, so the event drew about 80...
Florida Citrus Growers Seeking Solutions to Fruit Drop
Florida Citrus Growers Seeking Solutions to Fruit Drop Fruit drop has plagued Florida citrus groves in recent years. The problem has been a major factor in tumbling yields. The February 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s citrus crop forecast put Florida’s orange...
McLean Family Farms Controls Citrus Canker with KeyPlex
Florida-based McLean Family Farms found that KeyPlex 350 OR helped control citrus canker and citrus greening in organic orange trees when paired with copper-based fungicide in the same spray tank