Tomato-Killing Virus Detected in Calif.

May 23rd, 2007 in Biology /

Tomato plants show the signs of tomato yellow leaf curl virus in a plant pathology lab at the University of California, Davis in Davis, Calif., Tuesday, May 22, 2007. The virus devastated crops in the Dominican Republican and in Mexico, forcing those countries to curtail the growing season to contain the spread of the disease. The insect-borne virus has killed tomato plants across Central America, Florida and Georgia has been detected in California for the first time. (AP Photo/Max Whittaker)

(AP) -- An insect-borne virus that has killed tomato plants across Central America, Florida and Georgia has been detected in California for the first time.

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