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They can be so destructive, but they sure are beautiful. Leps or worms can be found on fruit tyrees. Citrus Lepidoptera (Worms) https://ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/citrus/ ID Key: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/legacy_assets/pdf/pmg/key_to_caterpillars_lepidoptera_larvae_in_california_citrus_3.

Get the Latest and the Last Dec 23, 2024 | View All Issues This edition includes the following: Preparing Frost Protection Measures The National Clean Plant Network, with emphasis on the National Clean Plant Network Citrus Development of integrated pest management for huanglongbing (HLB) in Florida...

Horticultural Myths These are practices and or products that many people working in our industry may hold to be useful but have no scientific basis for their method of action. They are formed from misinformation passed on over the generations or from common observations that are misinterpreted.

Horticulture is the cultivation of plants as ornamentals or for the production of food. When things go wrong (plants grow poorly or not at all), horticulturists sometimes turn to products that can cure, revitalize, invigorate, stimulate or enhance the growth of their plant or crop.

There have been a number of calls about damage to citrus tree trunks. Lemon is especially delicious, it seems.