{"id":12462,"date":"2015-05-26T10:13:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T14:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=12462"},"modified":"2016-12-20T13:09:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:09:06","slug":"new-citrus-treatment-being-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/new-citrus-treatment-being-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"New Citrus Treatment Being Tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12463\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/05\/os-ucf-lab-citrus-greening-jpg-20150419-e1432300580164.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12463\" class=\"wp-image-12463 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/05\/os-ucf-lab-citrus-greening-jpg-20150419-e1432300580164.jpeg\" alt=\"os-ucf-lab-citrus-greening-jpg-20150419\" width=\"355\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/05\/os-ucf-lab-citrus-greening-jpg-20150419-e1432300580164.jpeg 355w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/05\/os-ucf-lab-citrus-greening-jpg-20150419-e1432300580164-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/05\/os-ucf-lab-citrus-greening-jpg-20150419-e1432300580164-299x168.jpeg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By: Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chemistry.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/santra-swadeshmukul\/\">Swadeshmukul Santra, Ph.D., <\/a>an associate professor of chemistry\u00a0who works in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanoscience.ucf.edu\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">UCF\u2019s NanoScience Technology Center<\/a>, invented a zinc-based liquid that is being considered as a treatment for deadly citrus greening.<\/p>\n<p>Santra invented Zinkicide in 2013. The bactericide, composed of zinc and undisclosed other ingredients, is being sprayed on citrus trees in St. Lucie County and at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu\" target=\"_blank\">University of Florida\u2019s Citrus Research and Education Center<\/a> in Polk County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a 100-year-old disease,\u201d Santra said. \u201cNobody knows hot to cultivate it in a lab, and there\u2019s no cure available to growers yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The experiment is scheduled to run for five years, but Santra said scientists should have an idea of whether it works in about two years.<\/p>\n<p>UCF researchers have developed a process for producing a batch of Zinkicide in about six hours.<\/p>\n<p>Florida has a $10.8 billion citrus industry.<\/p>\n<p>The original story is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/business\/os-cfb-citrus-greening-ucf-20150419-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel Swadeshmukul Santra, Ph.D., an associate professor of chemistry\u00a0who works in UCF\u2019s NanoScience Technology Center, invented a zinc-based liquid that is being considered as a treatment for deadly citrus greening. Santra invented Zinkicide in 2013. The bactericide, composed of zinc and undisclosed other ingredients, is being sprayed on citrus trees in 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