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PBS News Hour

Researchers turn to gene editing to protect Florida oranges

Season 2025 Episode 159 | 4m 38s

Researchers in Florida are testing a new gene-edited tree that they hope will be able to fight off the tiny insects that have devastated the state’s orange groves for years. Colleen Krantz of Iowa PBS reports.

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