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Tulare County, Calif., Agriculture Officials Try to Stem Invasion of Pest.

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| November 02, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Reed Fujii

Nov. 2--Agricultural officials, surprised to find that a disease-carrying plant pest was carried into Tulare County packinghouses along with freshly harvested fruit, are scrambling to find ways to prevent its spread.

Adult glassy-winged sharpshooters were found at 10 packinghouses over the weekend, leading to a voluntary ban on moving citrus out of Kern County's heavily infested Arvin-Edison area lasting at least until Friday.

The sharpshooter, a native of the Southern United States and northern Mexico, is feared because of its ability to spread Pierce's disease among grapes, as well as similar ills in other cash crops.

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