A new and distinct tangor tree characterized by less sensitivity to fruit drop due to heat wave, no alternate bearing, seedless fruits, low viable pollen, better fruit size, small canopy size, less fruit drop at full maturity, and rare Ceratitis capitata damage on the fruit.

A new and distinct mandarin variety of Citrus deliciosa Ten. named ‘SIGAL’, particularly characterized by easy-peeling, late ripening, high quality flavor, flattened fruit shape at stalk end, medium size fruit, dark orange skin color and lacking seed.

The present disclosure concerns methods of using novel bacterial strains of 0617-T307, 0917-T305, 0917-T306, 0917-T307, 0118-T319, 0318-T327, and 0418-T328, the cell broth and novel metabolites produced from the bacterial strains, to inhibit the growth of a variety of microbial species for bacterial pathogens that cause citrus Huanglongbing (citrus greening disease), Zebra chip (ZC) disease of potato, tomato, and other plants of the family Solanaceae and plants of the family Apiaceae and Umbelliferae. The methods include use of novel, potent antimicrobial metabolites produced from the strains corresponding to a Pseudomonas bacterial metabolite as Formula (I):

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A composite orange tree having a fruiting cultivar scion grafted to a citrus-greening resistant, or a salinity-resistant rootstock, or a rootstock having both citrus-greening and salinity resistance, is described herein, as are methods of growing such a composite orange tree.

A new and distinct hybrid cultivar of finger lime plant named ‘UF SunLime’, characterized by precocious bearing trees containing intense red-colored, cylindrical-shaped fruits with a blunt protuberance on both ends and dark red ovoid to pyriform juice vesicles that detach easily from the locules. ‘UF SunLime’ produces annual crops of well-colored deep red fruit that do not require prolonged cold induction to express anthocyanin both internally and externally under Central Florida conditions. Both the rind and juice vesicles have enhanced anthocyanin accumulation. Additionally, the rind of ‘UP SunLime’ contains oil glands, and pleasantly fragrant oil can be released during cutting, especially with recently harvested fruit.

A new and distinct cultivar of Citrus Sinensis plant, “Noah”, is disclosed that is characterized by its resistance or tolerance to Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing.

A new and distinct sweet orange clone ‘OLL-20’ has been developed from an unstable sweet orange selection designated as ‘OLL’, using tissue culture techniques. Undeveloped ovules from fruit of selection ‘OLL’ were cultured in vitro to generate an embryogenic callus, from which multiple independent clones were regenerated via somatic embryogenesis. Regenerated plantlets (somaclones) were grafted to UFR rootstocks and grown in the field for evaluation.

A new and distinct cultivar of Citrus Sinensis plant, “Noah”, is disclosed that is characterized by its resistance or tolerance to citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing.

A new and distinct mandarin tree characterized by low viable pollen, female sterility allowing production of seedless fruits, and earlier maturity.

A new clementine tree named ‘Early Esbal’ characterized by its early-maturing fruit.