Surveys were conducted to identify the Tydeidae on citrus orchards in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and selected countries, i.e., Bahamas, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and Spain. The citrus habitats sampled were inner and outer leaves, immature and mature fr…
Interploid hybridization was completed between diploid progenitors (‘Key’ lime, ‘Lakeland’ limequat, Palestine sweet lime, ‘Etrog’ citron and seven lemon varieties) and five allotetraploid somatic hybrids and two autotetraploids as pollen progenitors. A few reciprocal crosses we…
Four in vitro models were used to measure the antioxidant activity of 11 citrus phytochemicals. The citrus limonoids and bergapten showed very weak antioxidant activity. The flavonoids demonstrated mild, to moderate, to strong antioxidant activity. In addition to some other comm…
The decline of rural agricultural communities is a national trend that includes Apopka, Florida. Over time, instead of the city annexed into the larger city of Orlando, Florida, Apopka has grown into the second-largest city in Orange County. The following questions beg to be ans…