Alexander J. Stein<p>New citrus <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> can fight off <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> responsible for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/citrusgreening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citrusgreening</span></a>. They are <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a>, easy for growers to deploy & replace the need for spraying <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insecticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecticides</span></a>, addressing a challenge that plagued Florida's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/citrus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citrus</span></a> industry for two decades: <a href="https://news.ufl.edu/2025/01/citrus-greening-research/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ufl.edu/2025/01/citrus-gr</span><span class="invisible">eening-research/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GMO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/plantbreeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantbreeding</span></a></p>