News Headline

'Good' and 'bad' bacteria in the fight against citrus greening disease

Source
Science Daily

Publication Date
2015-11-20

New research from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the University of Washington finds that helpful bacteria living inside the insect that transmits the bacterial pathogen associated with citrus greening disease -- -an outbreak that is devastating Florida's citrus industry -- may be playing a role in the insect's spread of the pathogen.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151119112743.htm