greening

“We’re in the fight of our lives against this disease. We’re an $8 billion industry, and we generate about 46,000 jobs, and so we’re very important to the state of Florida, and many of the rural communities in Florida in the interior rely on citrus.”

The Florida Department of Emergency Management has received more than 340 million dollars to aid in citrus recovery efforts after Hurricane Irma. Farmers will be able to apply for grants that support tree planting and irrigation rebuilding.

University of Florida researchers say they have developed genetically modified citrus trees that are resistant to greening.It is a significant step against the disease that has devastated Florida's $11 billion citrus industry and is among the worst to hit a U.S. crop.

An $18 million injection to fight greening may not be enough to stop the disease that’s crippling Florida’s citrus industry.That’s according to a…