A botanical disease that has hit Florida and now threatens California is raising fears that the price of citrus fruits and juices will soar in coming years. Government agencies and the produce industry are working to stop the spread of "citrus greening." Discovered in China in the 1800s, the disease has a global history of devastating crops. "Areas that have had greening no longer have a commercial citrus industry," says Robert Norberg, an economist with the Florida Department of Citrus. It's already "a 10" on a threat scale of 1 to 10 in Florida, says Andrew Meadows of Florida Citrus Mutual, a growers' organization. "It is the biggest issue the industry is facing right now. It is killing trees as we speak."
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