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Florida's $20 million dollar rose industry is threatened by a disease that's devastating the flower across the Eastern United States.Researchers are working on a cure before the disease spreads in Florida, the nation's fourth-largest producer of roses.

Hundreds of researchers from across the globe are in Orlando this week to talk about one thing, citrus greening.It's a disease that's devastating Florida's $9 billion iconic crop and threatening citrus worldwide.Some of the most promising research comes from tiny Lake Alfred, Fla.the global front line in the fight against greening.

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…