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Citrus & Spinch Genes
« on: June 12, 2017, 10:19:54 PM »
......Eyrich stressed that the tristeza virus employed is merely a vehicle for delivering the spinach protein to the tree’s vascular system or phloem.

When the spinach protein comes in contact with the greening bacteria, “it puts a hole in the bacteria cell wall, the bacteria cell leaks out its contents and dies,” Eyrich said.

And, unlike the tristeza virus that debilitated trees in the late 1990s, this form “can’t be transmitted from tree to tree by an aphid,” Eyrich said.

No new, foreign genes are inserted into the tree, which means it isn’t genetically modified, Eyrich said.

Same goes for the fruit. Early tests don’t detect any sign of the spinach protein in the fruit.......

http://www.news-press.com/story/money/2017/06/09/citrus-industry-looks-help-turn-corner-citrus-greening-fight/376749001/
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