How to Use citrus greening in a Sentence

citrus greening

noun
  • Not all of the decline is due to citrus greening, but Meadows said a big portion of it is.
    — Cindy Swirko, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The pathogen often prevents raw green fruit from ripening, a symptom called citrus greening.
    — Darryl Fears, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • New trees bought at garden centers should be certified citrus greening-free.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Trees that have the disease, also called citrus greening, cannot be cured and must be carefully removed to prevent its spread.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2021
  • This may be a case of the citrus greening disease which produces a weak poor quality tree that eventually dies.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Many were already reeling before the winds and rain hit, thanks to a crippling disease known as citrus greening, which has ravaged crops here for years.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The forecast isn't good for an industry that has been in a steady decline due in large part to the impact of deadly citrus greening disease.
    — OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Save lots of frustration — and most likely a losing battle with citrus greening disease — and replace the trees.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • On top of that, farmers are combating an incurable disease hitting their crops, called citrus greening.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Citrus trees are susceptible to a number of diseases, but citrus greening is the worst that has caused many to slowly decline.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • The fruit’s tendency to become green after ripening gave the disease its nickname, citrus greening.
    — Sena Christian, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2015
  • And orange production has been impacted by severe weather events and the citrus greening disease, which doesn't have a cure.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The shortfall is a result of back-to-back hurricanes in 2022 and a citrus greening disease.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 May 2023
  • Give your trees complete care to prevent the spread of citrus greening by applying an insecticide as the new leaves develop.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
  • One culprit is an insidious citrus disease, referred to as citrus greening, which leads to smaller oranges and less fruit per tree.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The citrus greening decline, however, has been much more gradual and concerning.
    — Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Jason Lingle, Hollieanna’s co-owner, says that thanks to citrus greening, there aren’t many Duncan trees left.
    — Jane Black, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The reason is citrus greening, a disease afflicting Florida orange groves that is spread by an invasive insect.
    — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The second is that orange supplies in the United States have fallen because of a widespread citrus plant disease, called citrus greening.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The partnership aims to develop new ways to combat citrus greening, an incurable bacterial disease that depletes trees and can cause fruit to drop to the ground prematurely.
    — Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2017
  • The state’s citrus acreage has been in a downward trend for almost two decades, largely due to the damaging citrus greening disease that has decimated groves as well as urban sprawl and hurricane damage.
    — Marvin G. Perez, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Since 2000, diseases such as citrus greening, a bacterial scourge that results in fewer and smaller fruit over time, have clobbered the state’s production.
    — Jane Black, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2020
  • This was supposed to be the season when Florida’s citrus industry finally started to bounce back after years of battling the deadly citrus greening disease.
    — Susan Jacobson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • In Florida, a disease called citrus greening is killing orange trees and leading to predictions of historically low production.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The main culprit is the disease huanglongbing, also known as HLB or citrus greening, that has found a foothold in Florida orange groves.
    — NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Florida's citrus growers have struggled to turn a profit for years because of the tree-killing citrus greening disease, which first showed up in Florida in 2005.
    — Laura Layden, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Citrus marketing has declined over the past decade as growers have seen production numbers decrease because of issues such as citrus greening disease, development pressure and changes in drinking habits.
    — Jim Turner, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The primary culprit for what is expected to be such a small crop is something called citrus greening, an incurable disease decimating Florida orange groves, spread by a creepy, lice-like bug.
    — Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Some small operations in Brazil and Mexico hit by citrus greening have already considered growing sugarcane to make up for economic losses.
    — Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The big culprit this time around, the Florida Department of Citrus said, is citrus greening, an incurable disease that thins the crowns of trees and saps their vitality.
    — Kirk Maltais, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2022

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