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A team of environmental scientists at Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, in New Zealand, the University of Adelaide and the ...

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A major grower said this week it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida's signature ...

Looking at the red maple in my front yard this week I noticed something that announces every new year. Buds that were small ...

WELL, DAY 10 still has no frost and the mild temperatures are pushing several of your landscape plants to “break dormancy.” ...

Before you get to work with your secateurs this New Year, the experts have shared some of the plants you should avoid ...

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Researchers successfully added a gene to several types of citrus, which causes the tree to make a protein that kills greening ...

Florida researchers work on genetically modifying trees to kill insects as Fort Myers based grower, Alico, stops citrus ...