A genetically modified citrus tree seedling at the UF/IFAS lab in Lake Alfred. At a lab in Lake Alfred, Lukasz Stelinski, an entomology researcher and professor for UF/IFAS, presents the latest in ...

This gene provides instructions for the new citrus tree on how to make this protein. Thus, when you put the gene into the tree, the plant produces the protein that kills psyllids. While this approach ...

They have successfully killed the insect behind the greening disease in the lab, but the real test will come over the next ...