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Americans may find a glass of their favorite breakfast staple, orange juice,
hard to come by in the next few years if a certain bacteria has its way.
According to a spokesperson with the Florida Citrus Mutual, <PLACE
w:st=""><STATE w:st="">Florida</STATE></PLACE>’s orange crop could shrink within
five years by about 12%, to 140 million 90-pound boxes, as the state battles the
tree-killing disease known as the “Citrus Greening Disease,” or Citrus
Huanglongbing.</SPAN>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) –
also known as “citrus greening” - is a serious bacterial disease that is
adversely affecting citrus groves worldwide. The disease has already been
responsible for the significant decrease in citrus production in many countries
in Asia, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and <COUNTRY-REGION w:st=""><PLACE
w:st="">Brazil</PLACE></COUNTRY-REGION>. HLB disease, spread by insect called a
citrus psyllid, has no known cure , affects all of the main types of citrus, and
can ultimately kill the trees. If unstopped, the potential economic impact to
the multi-billion dollar citrus industry of the <PLACE w:st=""><COUNTRY-REGION
w:st="">U.S.</COUNTRY-REGION></PLACE> and the rest of the world could be
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HLB was first detected in
<STATE w:st=""><PLACE w:st="">Florida</PLACE></STATE> in 2005. The <PLACENAME
w:st="">Sunshine</PLACENAME> <PLACETYPE w:st="">State</PLACETYPE>’s citrus
industry is now mounting a multi-million dollar research effort to try and
overcome citrus greening, as the increasing spread of HLB disease is threatening
the future of this sector in the <COUNTRY-REGION w:st=""><PLACE
w:st="">U.S.</PLACE></COUNTRY-REGION>. With commercial citrus production across
the entire state now affected by citrus greening, the <STATE w:st=""><PLACE
w:st="">Florida</PLACE></STATE> citrus industry said it plans to carry out
extensive research to find short and long-term solutions to the disease.</SPAN>
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The 2008-2009 harvests, which ended in July, is forecasted at 159.6 million
boxes, down from 170.2 million last year. Growers are awaiting a September tree
census to determine how many acres of citrus groves have been lost to citrus
greening. The disease was first discovered after a parade of hurricanes battered
the groves, and has spread </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">to all thirty-two of <STATE
w:st=""><PLACE w:st="">Florida</PLACE></STATE>’s citrus-growing
counties.<BR><BR>At present, the only methods available to curtail citrus
greening involve using pesticide to kill the insects, hiring more scouts to
inspect the groves, and immediately removing infected trees.
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