1.   Department analysts said some fruit is dropping early but that it is being collected quickly with little or no loss of juice.

2.   Lack of water causes fruit to drop.

3.   Once canker infects a tree, it spreads rapidly, causing fruit to drop prematurely and lesions to appear on the leaves, stems and fruit.

4.   Once medflies lay their eggs and the fruit drops to the ground, the larvae enter the soil and emerge as full-grown flies that then reproduce.

5.   There, they lay larvae and the fruit drops to the ground.

6.   Citrus canker is a bacteria that causes lesions on citrus tree leaves and fruit and may cause fruit to drop.