Citrus Crop Nutrition | Role of Nutrients in Citrus | Yara United States

Citrus Crop Nutrition

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Yara is not only a major fertilizer provider to growers throughout the world, but it also has years of experience and knowledge in crop nutrition.

CompleteCitrus crop solution represents Yara's commitment to providing citrus growers with the best available information and tools to manage their production optimally, with minimum environmental impact, consistently from one year to the next. Tree health is recognized as a major element in sustainable production. Balanced nutrition is also fundamental in establishing and maintaining optimal performance and tree longevity that together support increased production.

Calcium Nitrate for Citrus

Calcium nitrate helps enhance citrus root and upper structure growth as well as overall tree health. It helps maintain soil pH and increases resistance to environmental factors. Incorporated into a good nutrient management program, YaraLiva Calcium Nitrate can help provide a foundation to support a productive and reliable future.

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HLB or not, balanced nutrition is the key to tree health

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Update on Citrus Greening

Yara has been actively involved in the citrus greening issue in Florida, working with researchers to help find a way to mitigate or reduce the severity of the disease. We are sharing this knowledge to help California citrus farmers learn from this experience and hopefully avoid the devastating impact Florida farmers endured.

California Citrus Farmers: Prepare your Groves for Citrus Greening

Role of nutrients in citrus

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Check for signs of nutrient deficiencies

Does your citrus crop look like this? Identify and diagnose if your citrus is suffering from nutrient deficiencies. Learn more about the symptoms and causes and how to control or correct the deficiency.

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Increasing Citrus Fruit Weight

A balanced nutrition with macro and micronutrients will help to improve citrus yield through increasing fruit weight. It is important to make sure that nutrients are not limited during early and mid fruit development.

Increasing Citrus Fruit Number

Citrus fruit number needs to be carefully managed and a strong supply of virtually all major and micronutrients is critical to fruit set and fruit number. Application of fertilizer prior to flowering and then through to fruit set and early fruit fill is...

Improving Citrus Juice Content

Juice content is particularly important in processed oranges but also in fresh fruit. A crop nutrition program - backed by good irrigation and water supply to help stimulate nutrient uptake during fruit production and improve the juice content is...

Managing TSS / Acid Ratio

The TSS/Acid ratio is a key characteristic determining the taste, texture and feel of fruit segments. It is the sugar/acid ratio which contributes towards giving many fruits their characteristic flavor. It is also an indicator of commercial and sensory...

Citrus Greening Disease (HLB)

HLB, also known as citrus greening disease, is fatal for citrus trees. Once a tree becomes infected, there is no cure and it will die.

CompleteCitrus Newsletter

Yara's CompleteCitrus Newsletters represent many years of knowledge with concentration on Florida citrus nutrition. The goal is to provide citrus growers with the best available information with which to manage their production optimally, with minimum...

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California Citrus Newsletter

Yara's newsletter dedicated to help California citrus growers to produce the best citrus possible with a balanced crop nutrition approach.

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