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Growing more with less: New method beats disease plaguing Florida citrus trees
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Screen structures stretch for as far as the eye can see across a swath of land in Polk County.
It's the newest and largest site where 'Citrus Under Protective Screen' or 'C.U.P.S.' is being grown by the Dundee Citrus Growers Association.
"Not only are you getting something that looks great, that tastes great... There's a great story behind it," CEO Steven Callaham said.
The story began in 2017 when the association first used this production system commercially.
The University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center created the concept to overcome citrus greening; a disease Callaham said has devastated the Florida industry.
"It's taken the volume or the production in the state from about 300 million boxes of citrus down to less than 15 million boxes," Callaham said.
Citrus greening disease is spread by an Asian Citrus Psyllid.
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/tech/science/environment/citrus-greening-solution-uf/67-374684d3-2184-4c81-9aa6-4c474c088670