Plant Pathologist Ozgur Batuman is working to try to find a solution to citrus greening at the University of Florida’s Southwest Florida Research and Education Center in Immokalee. Photos by Darron R. Silva
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AGRICULTURE
Storms, insects cut citrus crop 60%
Damage from Hurricane Ian compounded an already abysmal projection for the 2023 citrus harvest in Florida. Plus, the storm followed years of damage to the fruit trees thanks to a disease called citrus greening, formally known as Huanglongbing or HLB.
