Citrus greening disease!
Citrus trees across the country and globe are being devastated by a bacterial infection known as citrus greening disease. Join us as we visit the lab of USDA scientist Dr. Michelle Heck to learn what she and her team are doing to combat this crisis!
To find out more about the Heck Lab's work, visit their website:
https://btiscience.org/michelle-heck/
And check out the paper containing the transmission assay data we discussed:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
*We filmed this episode when Dr. Heck was Dr. Cilia! She asked us to include a little surprise at the very end of the episode to explain, so be sure to watch all the way through :)
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