Thursday, April 29, 2010

Periwinkle Combats Citrus Crop Disease

Scientists from the Agricultural Research Service and the University of Florida Indian River Research and Education Center have turned periwinkle from just an ornamental plant into a tool used to combat a bacterial disease that threatens the world's citrus crop. This disease is one of the most destructive to citrus worldwide. Click here to read more on how periwinkle combats this disease.