In what is being touted as a big step forward in citrus HLB, or greening disease, research, scientists with USDA’s Agriculture Research Service say they have sequenced the genome of the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, which causes HLB. The bacterium resides in the plant’s phloem tissues, affecting the passage of nutrients and eventually killing the plant. Read more about it on the USDA website by CLICKING HERE.
ALSO you can learn a lot more about HLB research and where it all stands by going to this link too:
http://www.ars.usda.gov/citrusgreening/
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