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Saving Oranges & Growing Cherries

April 24, 2014/in What We're Reading/by Grant Alkin

Citrus Greening

The life of a fruit can be pretty exciting. Oranges have hope from infections through gene modification and cherry trees get a boost from space rays.

A Race to Save the Orange by Altering its DNA – The New York Times

The Amazing Tale of the Cherry Pit from Space – The New Yorker

Tags: cherry, cherry pit, citrus greening, DNA, GMO, NASA, orange, space
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0 0 Grant Alkin https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/ibp-scienceandfoodnew/wp-content/uploads/sites/123/2016/09/newlogoSm-2-300x31.png Grant Alkin2014-04-24 10:00:282014-04-24 10:00:28Saving Oranges & Growing Cherries
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