Part B – The UF/CREC-Citrus Improvement Program’s Field Trial Evaluations (Complementary to Part A- the UF/CREC Core Citrus Improvement Program)

Part B - The UF/CREC-Citrus Improvement Program's Field Trial Evaluations (Complementary to Part A- the UF/CREC Core Citrus Improvement Program)

Report Date: 05/24/2019
Project: 18-039C   Year: 2019
Category: Plant Improvement
Author: Jude Grosser
Sponsor: Citrus Research and Development Foundation

Significant progress has been made establishing a website, presenting data from our field trials.  Ten trials have been entered initially, and several more will be added during the current quarter.  Website access: https://citrusresearch.ifas.ufl.edu/rootstock-trials/ The first quarter of this grant was a very busy time for data collection.  Summary of data-collection activities this quarter:Trial Name and Data Type Collected          Banack (Vero) Juice Quality 2018-19         Cody Estes (Vero Beach) Tree Health Ratings 2018-19         CPI Ranch 1 Tree Health Ratings 2018-19         Doe Hill Grove (Bryan Paul) Tree Health Ratings, yield and juice quality 2018-19                   Duda (Immokalee) Vernia/rootstock yield & Juice Quality, tree health ratings 2018-19Duda (Immokalee) APS-OHS Valencia/rootstock Yield and Juice quality, tree health ratings 2018-2019         Ed English Tree Height and Tree Health Ratings 2018-19         Hammond Tree Health Ratings, Yield and juice quality 2018-19         IMG Yield and fruit quality 2018-2019         Lee Groves – 13E Frank’s Block (St. Cloud): OLL seedling/rootstock; fruit quality, PCR 2018-2019         Lee Groves (St. Cloud) – Alligator – Mathew Block: tree health and Juice Quality 2018-19         Lee Groves – 13W Karen’s Block (St. Cloud): OLL/rootstock; yield, fruit quality and PCR 2018-2019         Heller Brothers (Fort Pierce): Vernia/rootstock Yield & Juice Quality, tree health ratings 2018-19         Hidden Golf Course (CREC Variety Trial): Tree Size and Health Ratings 2018-19         Peace River (Larry Black) – Tree size and Health, Fruit Count  2018-19         POST OFFICE (Haines City) OLL/rootstock; Tree Size and Health Ratings 2018-19         Raley Tree (Dundee): Tree Health & Size Ratings, yield and fruit quality 2018-19         Saint Helena (Lee Groves, Dundee): Vernia and Valencia Yield  & Juice QualityData, Tree Size and PCR 2018-19         Serenoa (Immokalee): HLB Rating 2018-19         Smoak (Lake Placid): Yield Data, fruit quality, tree size and health 2018-19         Steve Brewer (Land-O-Lakes): fresh mandarin trial – Tree Health & Size Ratings 2018-19         Teaching block (CREC): Berna /Salustiana Yield, tree health ratings, fruit drop 2018-19         Hammond (Fort Pierce): Minneola Fresh Fruit Yield 2018-19         Jackson Citrus (LaBelle): OLL/Valencia B9-65/rootstock reset Tree Size and Health Ratings 2018-19         Wayne Simmons (LaBelle): OLL/Valencia B9-65/rootstock reset Tree Height and Tree Health Ratings 2018-19         Wheeler Bros. (Waverly): Yield 2018-19          Additional trial data will be added to the website as data is analyzed and formatted.


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