Tiny bug threatens California citrus industry
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 04:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Border agents have stepped up searches and hundreds of traps have been placed on the California-Mexico line in an aggressive campaign to stop a tiny bug from bringing in a disease farmers say could wipe out the $1.3 billion citrus industry here....
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