New California lab seeks cure to deadly citrus disease

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — California is opening a new front in the battle against a disease that has decimated citrus groves across the world and looms as a threat to the state’s orange crop.
California citrus growers and packers and the University of California, Riverside on Thursday marked the opening of an $8 million lab to research the disease known as Huanglongbing in a secure environment.
Until now, researchers haven’t been able to take a close look at the disease in Calif