The Pressure is on to Eradicate Deadly Organism Affecting Citrus Crops Worldwide
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 05:35
in Biology & Nature
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) - also known as "citrus greening" - is a serious bacterial disease that is adversely affecting citrus groves worldwide. The disease has already been responsible for the significant decrease in citrus production in many countries in Asia, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Brazil. New technology has allowed for the DNA of the HLB bacterium to be recently sequenced, an important step toward starting the process of genetically engineering trees to resist the disease.