Australia could hold the cure for a devastating citrus greening disease that has sent orange juice prices soaring worldwide, killing crops in the United States and East and West Africa.
University of Queensland researchers have discovered a gene in the native Gympie lime that is resistant to the disease, and hope to incorporate it into commercial citrus varieties at home and overseas.
Described as a "sticky golf ball" full of oils with a tangy flavour, the wild lime — named Doojay in Gubbi Gubbi language — grows in the region from Beenleigh, on the northern Gold Coast, to Gympie.
