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Freeze Damage Symptoms and Recovery for Citrus

Mongi Zekri, Chris Oswalt, Steve Futch, Gary England, Camille McAvoy, Laurie Hurner, and Parker Platts


Release Date: 3/12/2019

Reviewed At: 2/5/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-hs1275-2016

Agriculture

About this Publication

This document is HS1275, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2016. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. This publication supercedes two older fact sheets by Larry K. Jackson: HS120 (CH006), Cold Damage Symptoms on Citrus http://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00004614/00001 and HS-118 (CH004), Recovering from Freeze Damage http://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00003736/00001.

About the Authors

Mongi Zekri, Extension agent IV-citrus, multicounty, UF/IFAS Extension Hendry County; Chris Oswalt, Extension agent III-citrus, multicounty, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County; Steve Futch, Extension agent IV-citrus, multicounty, UF/IFAS Extension Hardee County; Gary England, Extension agent II, multicounty, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County; Camille McAvoy, Extension agent, multicounty, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter and Pasco counties; Laurie Hurner, Extensiona gent, UF/IFAS Extension Highlands county; and Parker Platts, fruit crops Extension agent, UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Zekri, M., Oswalt, W. C., Futch, S., England, G., McAvoy, C., Hurner, L., & Platts, P. (2016). Freeze Damage Symptoms and Recovery for Citrus. EDIS, 2016(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-hs1275-2016

Authors

Chris Oswalt
Chris Oswalt

multi-county citrus Extension agent (Polk/Hillsborough County area) emeritus, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, Bartow, FL

Gary England
Gary England

regional specialized agent IV emeritus, UF/IFAS Extension, Deland, FL

Mongi Zekri
Mongi Zekri
County agent
University of Florida

multi-county citrus UF/IFAS Extension agent for Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, and Lee Counties

Stephen Futch
Stephen Futch
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University of Florida

Extension agent IV emeritus, Ph.D., citrus (multicounty), UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center

Camille McAvoy
Camille McAvoy

former assistant research scientist, Ph.D., Plant Pathology Department, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

Laurie Hurner
Laurie Hurner
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University of Florida

former county Extension director and Extension agent IV, M.S., fruit crops, UF/IFAS Extension Highlands County, Sebring FL

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