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No more orange juice?
Citrus growers fight bacterial infection
By Culinate staff
September 5, 2008
Anybody who’s ever tried to garden knows that it’s a jungle out there. After the ongoing bad news about honey bees and bananas, here comes the latest in the agricultural wars: a rampaging bacterial infection in citrus plants in Florida. Even with serious pesticides, farmers are at a loss and, like the banana folks, are considering developing GMO citrus as a solution.
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1. by anonymous on Sep 5, 2008 at 9:28 AM PDT
I am no scientist, but I know a little bit of genetics to know that this could very well be a consequence of pesticide overuse. I’m bummed.
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