Outbreak of Fungus Threatens Tomato Crop

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Posted by Steve Daniels on July 18, 2009, 9:13 pm
 
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/nyregion/18tomatoes.html?_r=1&em



By JULIA MOSKIN
Published: July 17, 2009
A highly contagious fungus that destroys tomato plants has
quickly spread to nearly every state in the Northeast and the
mid-Atlantic, and the weather over the next week may determine
whether the outbreak abates or whether tomato crops are ruined,
according to federal and state agriculture officials.
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Posted by Zeppo on July 20, 2009, 10:04 am
 

Is it any wonder I need drugs to get to sleep at night?

Jon