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SUBMITTER: Stover E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7060986 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stover Ed E Gmitter Frederick G FG Grosser Jude J Baldwin Elizabeth E Wu Guohong Albert GA Bai Jinhe J Wang Yu Y Chaires Peter P Motamayor Juan Carlos JC
Horticulture research 20200307
Huanglongbing (HLB) is a disease that has devastated the Florida citrus industry, threatens the entire U.S. citrus industry, and globally is rapidly spreading. Florida's citrus production is 90% sweet orange, which is quite sensitive to HLB. The heavy reliance on sweet orange for Florida citrus production makes the industry especially vulnerable to diseases that are damaging to this type of citrus. Furthermore, 90% of Florida oranges are used in producing orange juice that is defined by a federa ...[more]