Re: invasion
Don't get me started on this one. Unfortunatly I live in the most heavily
impacted state in terms of alien invasions and I work for the agency that
regulates the movement of plants into the USA.
>grant@cruzio.com writes:
>> A bug from Australia, found on transhipped So.American lumber, is now
>>invading our eucalypts, which for me is just fine as that awful tree has
>>done great damage to our native California ones.
>
>There's also another invading pest. The Glassy Winged Sharpshooter. This
>bug carries Pierce's Disease that kills off grapevines. I only really
>heard anything about it in the past few months. I hear grape growers are
>particularly worried, because it can decimate their entire vineyard. It
>spreads Pierce's Disease, which until the glassy winged sharpshooter
>arrived (it originates in the Southeastern US), it didnt have an effective
>carrier.
Actually the GWSS is from South America. There were other sharpshooters
from the South east and southwest that were vectors of the disease. But
yes they were not that efficient....
MTF
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