CALS genomicists aim to save citrus from 'greening'
Friday, July 17, 2009 - 17:49
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- It has been a dismal two decades for the 450-year-old Florida citrus industry: On top of the constant pressure from hurricanes, a citrus canker epidemic shrank U.S. citrus production by roughly one-third in the 1990s, despite an eradication campaign by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.