Glen L Creasy<p>A heartening story about how CRISPR is being used to develop citrus trees resistant to huanglongbing (HLB, also known as citrus greening), carried by the the Asian citrus psyllid.</p><p>In 20 years, the disease reduced citrus production in Florida by more than 60%: infected trees can die in as few as 5 years.</p><p>If all goes well, in 2027 resistant trees may be planted in commercial orchards.</p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-researchers-in-florida-are-using-gene-editing-to-protect-the-states-orange-groves" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/show/how-rese</span><span class="invisible">archers-in-florida-are-using-gene-editing-to-protect-the-states-orange-groves</span></a></p><p><a href="https://epicure.social/tags/CitrusProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitrusProduction</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/Oranges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oranges</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/BacterialDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BacterialDisease</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/InsectVector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsectVector</span></a> <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/CRISPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CRISPR</span></a></p>