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.
In 20 years, the disease reduced citrus production in Florida by more than 60%: infected trees can die in as few as 5 years.
If all goes well, in 2027 resistant trees may be planted in commercial orchards.
I might be on my third orange of the day.
Perhaps I should cut down.
But they start going soft and dry and you have to eat them so they don't go to waste.
Sarah Jane Smith eats oranges by directly biting them?
Am I just culturally ignorant or is this an odd way to eat an orange?
In 1976, the Doctor Who serial _The Masque of Mandragora_ shows Sarah Jane Smith eating an orange by directly biting it, and then removing the peel from her mouth.
https://youtu.be/7s01oQ17E5c?si=7hKPsFElNSm3mqw1&t=39
Is this ... normal? Was this a thing in the 1970s? Am I taking crazy pills?
Visitors look at a sculpture made with oranges and lemons, at the 91st lemon festival. This year’s theme is journey to the stars, Menton, #France
Photograph: Sébastien Nogier/EPA
Researchers test genetically edited citrus tree that controls insects responsible for greening
#fruit #citrus #food #biotech #bt #gmo #oranges #agriculture #silviculture
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-genetically-citrus-tree-insects-responsible.html
Duncan Hines 1968 advertisement
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#Advertisement #Cake #Dessert #Oranges #OrangeCake #Retro #Vintage
Art Advent Calendar Day 16
How about a little seasonal still life?
"Some British retailers and wholesalers have been forced to switch to sourcing #oranges from South Africa and South America early after last month’s catastrophic floods in eastern #Spain left farmers struggling to harvest and ship their crops."
This leads to #ClimateInflation in your grocery bill.
(Also, know the seasons of your produce.
So you don't have to buy them from the *other hemisphere*).
“Our #citrus growers are resilient, but after fighting citrus greening for nearly two decades and having three major hurricanes in the past seven years devastate the heart of our growing region, growers are weary,” he said in a statement Friday.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-12/florida-orange-growers-were-set-for-a-turnaround-then-hurricane-milton-hit
#Florida #oranges #HurricaneMilton
@FotoVorschlag
'Was ich vermisse' / 'What I miss'
The sun and warmth of my friends' farm in the Algarve.
We had such a cold 'summer' here
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Impressionistic orange still life, watercolor.
ART -https://deborahleaguefineart.etsy.com/listing/1790649323/oranges-glow-in-morning-sun-watercolor
Oranges glow in the morning sun, watercolor. New today in my gallery.
ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/oranges-glow-in-morning-sun-deborah-league.html
@KydiaMusic @WhiteCatTamer @jerf @Alice 
If only we had learned our lesson about marketing hype with "Red Delicious" apples, Kydia, we might have avoided stuff like crypto, AI, Musk, social media, the dot com bubble, heck, even personal confusers.
Certainly we wouldn't have fallen for hairy, rotten oranges.
Eye, for one, regret EVERY time Eye've bitten into a Red Delicious.
#Hype, #Marketing, #Crypto, #AI, #Apples, #Oranges, #TuckersBalls
@Alice Brava, Alice!
You've really outdone yourself this time with your analogy of apples to political candidates.
Now let's just cross our fingers that no GOP think tank comes along to start muddying the waters with talk about oranges.
#Politics, #Election2024, #Oranges, #TuckersBalls
An unprecedented orange juice crisis is hitting consumers in Japan due to supply shortages caused by natural disasters and a fruit tree disease in orange-producing countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/02/companies/oranje-juice-crisis-japan/ #business #companies #oranges #orangejuice #food #brazil #asashisoftdrinks #megmilksnowbrand #morinagamilkindustry
"On the Bank of the Ouvèze" 
AVAILABLE
A 14x18 acrylic painting on canvas of a building on the bank of the Ouvèze River in the south of France, by Janet Dyer.
Note: Discounts and sales do not apply to original artwork.
What makes an orange? New study finds one gene, seven chemicals - Enlarge (credit: Tanja Ivanova)
In the US, for orange juice to... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2008717 #agriculture #genetics #science #oranges
On the Bank of the Ouvèze
A 14x18 acrylic painting on canvas of a building on the bank of the Ouvèze River in the south of France, by Janet Dyer.
Note: Discounts and sales do not apply to original artwork.
We have 4 citrus in clay pots. Just picked these. More coming. #citrus #lemons #oranges #tangerines #gardening @gardening
