date:Nov 08, 2018
Floridas grapefruit growers, devastated by the citrus greening disease, might get some hope from four half-acre, white screenhouses in a research field.
Inside the screens, 512 young Ray Ruby grapefruit trees have been growing since September 2013 as part of a University of Florida research project trying to determine if the mesh can keep out the insects that spread the disease.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has backed the Citrus Under Protective Screen, or CUPS, project, giving UF a $3.5