Citrus Foundation Seeks Meeting of HLB Causal Agent Researchers

Dan October 31, 2011 Citrus, Florida

In an effort to unify efforts to culture the presumed causal agent of HLB, the Citrus Research and Development Foundation will spend up to $20,000 to assemble researchers from around the world. Bobby Barben, chairman of the foundation’s Research Management Committee, explains the purpose of the meeting in this report.

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