date:Sep 16, 2019
ue in Florida, infecting an estimated 80% of commercial trees, according to a 2016 University of Florida survey. Growers are now producing about a third of what they did in the 90s. Citrus greening is caused by an insect called the Asian citrus psyllid. The bug eats the leaves and stems of trees, infecting them with bacteria which reduces yield and turns fruit a foul flavor.
State is trying to fight back
Were continuing all the research to either combat greening or at least prolong the impacts,