Citrus Production
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I would like to welcome Dr. Dario Chavez to his new role as the UGA Citrus and Peach Breeder. While Dr. Chavez has been at UGA since 2014, he has recently taken on the new role of UGA’s Citrus Breeder. In this new role, he is expected to be of great benefit to Georgia’s emerging…
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I would like to welcome Dr. Mary Sutton to the UGA-Tifton Campus as the new UGA Citrus Extension Specialist. I am sure that she will be a valuable resource for Georgia’s emerging citrus industry for years to come.
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The Christmas freeze of 2022 provided an opportunity to see how Tangos, Sugar Belle, and Owari satsumas were influenced by rootstocks. This is a report of the impacts on Tangos. Since January of 2023, I have conducted ratings on how much foliage was retained after the freeze, which trees developed freeze cracks, diameter of limbs…
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By Jake Price: Each year, I estimate the number of citrus trees planted in Georgia. Calculating 2023 numbers has been a little different because of tree losses due to the December 2022 freeze. Of the 567 new acres of trees planted in 2022, I estimate Georgia lost 230 acres. Approximately 80% of trees planted in…
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Jake Price, the Citrus Area Agent for UGA Extension, has recently come out with an extension publication on evaluating fruit quality of citrus. A permanent link has been added to the header of the citrus blog, and this publication can also be found at the following link: Evaluating Fruit Quality of Citrus Varieties in Georgia