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The USDA is seeking nominees for 10 grower members and 10 alternate members for the Citrus Administrative Committee.

The New Varieties Development and Management Corporation, or NVDMC, is working to help ensure that Florida Citrus growers stay competitive in the produce market by providing timely, affordable access to newly developed varieties. As new citrus varieties are developed, such as at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, they must go

True elements of the unmistakable citrus fruit remain a foundation in the search for new selections.

Check out these unique fruit selections that researchers are developing to boost the early-mid season crop.

See how growers and researchers are applying curiosity, conservation, and creativity in the lab and in the field.

Florida citrus packers: Fix grapefruit import action now

Getting new citrus varieties to US growers

How Citrus Growers are Watching and Trialing New Orange Varieties Orange growers are certainly watching and perhaps trialing new orange varieties in each of Florida’s key maturity windows. Better oranges are needed to feed the state’s processing sector, with a higher sense of urgency for early/mid-season varieties. Florida long maintained a relative balance between early/mid- and late-maturing oranges, but superior horticultural performance with HLB certainly has more growers talking about ...

‘Orri’ mandarin is a hybrid selected from irradiated budwood after a series of crossings originating from Temple tangor and ‘Kinnow’ mandarin oranges. Photo by Peter Chaires The status of the ‘Orri’ mandarin permeated 2020 coffee shop talk among specialty citrus fruit growers. It was widely known that the patent had expired, and it was uncertain whether ‘Orri’ would become public domain or continue forward as a managed variety. Though growers continue to commit resources to tria...