Saving Citrus Symposium Focused on Fruit Drop

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Saving Citrus Symposium Focused on Fruit Drop

KeyPlex recently hosted its third Saving Citrus Symposium in Sebring, Florida. The event focuses on fruit drop, which has been a major problem for growers in recent years. The third gathering provided an update on research KeyPlex has sponsored to seek causes of fruit...

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...

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...

KeyPlex® Announces OMRI Approval and Launch of Sporan® EC

WINTER PARK, FL: (October 26, 2017) KeyPlex is pleased to announce the launch of Sporan® EC broad-spectrum fungicide and bactericide. Sporan recently received OMRI approval and its active ingredients – rosemary, clove and thyme oil – are all on the EPA exemption list....