Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:00 AM
New pest found at ports
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal agriculture inspectors at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have found a pest that's never been seen before in the U.S.
The U.S. Customers and Border Protection said Sept. 1 that a leafhopper found in a shipment of pineapples from Costa Rica can cause severe damage to such crops as grapes, potatoes, soybeans and corn.
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