Active Now

Randy D
Discussion » Questions » Food and Drink » With citrus greening, can the citrus industry be saved from extinction?

With citrus greening, can the citrus industry be saved from extinction?

Posted - April 14, 2018

Responses


  • 5835
    Oh, I dunno. What are we talking about?
      April 14, 2018 5:17 PM MDT
    0

  • It’s a bacterial disease of citrus trees that causes the leaves to deform and turn yellow, prevents the fruit from ripening and renders it salty and inedible, and causes the trees to die 3 to 5 years after infection onset. It’s caused by a microscopic insect.
      April 14, 2018 7:01 PM MDT
    0

  • 5835
    Well, it's obvious that we need to ban microscopes!
      April 14, 2018 8:30 PM MDT
    1

  • 17596
    I believe it will be saved.  I know UF is in ongoing research about it.  There is no cure but there has been some success at the genetic level by introducing some part of other plants into the citrus............this is stuff I don't understand because it is sciencey and I am not.  I eat a clementine most every day so I have high hopes for the success of eliminating the infecting bacteria that is transported by insects. 
      April 14, 2018 10:39 PM MDT
    0