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August 18, 2009
CALS
(College of Agriculture and Life Sciences)
Genomicists Aim to Save Citrus from 'Greening' (Jul
17, 2009) Cornell University. Chronicle Online.
A recently introduced disease known as citrus
greening, which, in the words of
a USDA entomologist, causes juice from infected fruit to "taste like jet fuel
mixed with Vicks VapoRub," threatens to be the most devastating blow yet for
domestic citrus production. The search for a solution has brought researchers
from around the world together in a race to save a troubled industry, with the
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) exporting its "local expertise
in genome analysis and bioinformatics."
