COLLEGE STATION, Texas (RFD-TV) — Researchers are turning to spinach in the fight against citrus greening, a disease that has wiped out more than 90% of Florida’s citrus crop over the past two decades.
After 15 years of research, scientists at Texas A&M have developed a treatment using spinach compounds to combat the bacteria responsible for the disease. The treatment uses a modified citrus virus introduced through grafting.
Texas A&M is working with the University of Florida, where trials could begin later this year.
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