January 17, 2012
Plant pathologists put the squeeze on citrus disease
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The Asian citrus psyllid spreads the bacteria that cause huonglongbing, also known as citrus greening.
With Florida’s $9 billion citrus industry threatened by a deadly bacterial disease, Rick Kress ’73 asked scientists at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva for help. Three years later, the researchers have delivered several genetically engineered orange trees that could provide a long-term solution.
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