Florida Fights to Stop Citrus Canker

State officials hoping to wipe out citrus canker, an incurable disease that threatens Florida9s $8 billion citrus industry, have chopped down more than 1.8 million infected and exposed trees. In fact, the canker eradication effort, which has cost over $200 million, is the biggest single government-run program ever devoted to a plant disease. But where chain saws are screaming, so are homeowners who want to save their trees. The citrus industry is just as adamant that the efforts continue.