US Border Agents Detect New Pest Species in Shipment of Mexican Radicchio
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Tucson, Arizona — Agriculture specialists from the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted for the first time in the country a pest identified as Osbornellus salsus during an inspection in the Port of San Luis, the federal agency reported. The finding occurred during a routine review of a shipment of radicchio (chicoria) from Mexico. The specialists collected a specimen and sent it to an entomologist from the Animal and Plant H…
US border agents detect new pest species in shipment of Mexican radicchio
According to El Financiero, agricultural specialists from the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made an unusual discovery at the border with Sonora. A pest species not previously identified in the country, Osbornellus salsus, was detected in a shipment of radicchio from Mexico. The…
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detected a pest in Mexican crops during a routine inspection in the port of San Luis, Tucson, Arizona. The American agency identified the species as Osbornellus salsus, a tiny insect capable of seriously affecting the health of plants. The finding was made in a shipment of chicory (also known as scarlet) from Mexico. According to CBP, it is the first time that the presence of this pest is recorde…
By: Milenio Mexico City, Mexico.- The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identified a kind of plague never seen before in their country, coming from Mexican exports, reported in a statement. It is the Osbornellus salsus, which was found by agricultural specialists in the Port of San Luis, during a “routine inspection on a vessel loaded with cabbage from Mexico.” “A specimen was collected and sent with an ethnologist from the Depa…
MILENIO The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identified a kind of pest never seen before in his country, coming from Mexican exports, reported in a statement. It is the Osbornellus salsus, which was found by agricultural specialists in the Port of San Luis, during a “routine inspection on a vessel loaded with cabbage from Mexico.” “A specimen was collected and sent with an ethnologist from the Department of Agriculture. The Nat…
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