citrus greening cure?

[BENDERSGROVE]

Good article in the Miami Herald about a possible cure being developed for citrus greening using spinach genes,interesting read on what is being done. will be tested soon in Okeechobee county,scientist has been working on it in Texas.

[Tim]

here's the link

[phantomcrab]

Dr. Robert Rouse of UF is giving a talk on July 11 at SFNS about citrus greening. I'll be there and let you know what he has to say.
http://sarasotafruitandnutsociety.org/meetings/2012_meetings.html

[Greg1029]

Hope they find a cure.  The tree they found in California was in Hacienda Heights which is only a couple of miles away from me..

Greg

[FlyingFoxFruits]

With regular applications of Turfpro and azomite, I hear greening is manageable somewhat like insulin dependent diabetics.   

Also hear there is a type of guava that repells greening if planted near citrus. I wouldn't be surprised if several other plants inhibit greening when interplanted with citrus.

[phantomcrab]

Yes, guavas do repel the insect vector but it is not a 100% solution. I'm not sure if any guava would work or only specific varieties.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/citrusgreening/