It’s one thing for a hybrid citrus tree to tolerate citrus greening disease (a.k.a. Huanglongbing) and quite another if it also produces orange-like fruit—especially if… Read More »Scientists unveil key gene for orange-like flavor in HLB-tolerant citrus hybrids
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In 1934, American entomologist Elwood Zimmerman, then an undergraduate student at Berkeley, participated in the “Mangarevan expedition” to Polynesia. Among the samples he collected were… Read More »Eight new bee species discovered in the Pacific