The citrus trees at C&S Nursery in Baldwin Hills would normally be full of passionfruit, kumquats and other fruits this time of year. But last month, employees stripped dozens of them and placed them ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The lime swallowtail butterfly — an invasive species that hails from Asia and which has damaged citrus trees throughout the Caribbean for nearly 20 years — has reached ...

Citrus trees heavy with ripened fruit will be stripped this month at some 2,000 properties in Redlands as state regulators work to contain a fruit fly infestation that threatens to wreak havoc on ...

A plant expert wants to remind gardeners that they must remain vigilant to prevent an insect infestation that will kill their citrus trees. “We have in California a fatal and incurable citrus disease, ...

It was about a year ago that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service requested assistance from south Texas residents due to an invasive fruit fly that is ...

The lime swallowtail butterfly — an invasive species that hails from Asia and which has damaged citrus trees throughout the Caribbean for nearly 20 years — has reached Florida. The butterfly is fairly ...

C&S Nursery co-owner Santiago Rosales Sr. stands in a quarantined section of his Baldwin Hills nursery. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) The citrus trees at C&S Nursery in Baldwin Hills would ...