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Update on Spinach Genes for Citrus Trees

Randall Weiseman July 8, 2016 Citrus, Florida, Fruits, Specialty Crops

Rick Kress

Rick Kress

During last month’s Florida Citrus Mutual conference, Southern Gardens Citrus President Rick Kress provided an update on research by his company and Texas A&M into use of a spinach gene to create HLB tolerance in trees, and hopefully resistance. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff had these questions for him.


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