Posted on 08/21/2013 7:31:20 PM PDT by TexGrill
Federal agents confiscated and destroyed a plant-pathogenic fungus found on brooms made from palms and being imported from the Philippines.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists on Aug. 9 intercepted a plant-pathogenic fungus on a handicraft made of native palm parts while examining a cargo container from the Philippines. The fungus was discovered in a shipment of “native brooms” made from Cocos nucifera sp., a palm species.
The discovery of an unidentified fungus and two other plant disease symptoms in the shipment prompted federal authorities to reload and seal the container until positive identification could be made.
This was the first time the fungus was intercepted in the U.S.
Specimens were submitted to the U.S. Animal Plant Health Inspection Service in Honolulu.
The fungus was identified as Guignardia cocogena (Cooke), which is not known to occur in the United States, and is the first time Guignardia on a palm has been identified.
To prevent the possibility of a new plant disease becoming established in Hawaii and the U.S., the shipment was destroyed by steam sterilization.
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Fungus??
Alien Fungus!
“Is this kind of coconut broom included?”
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I have one of those, in addition to the normal brooms.
They are used for sweeping rough and rocky surfaces outdoors, not for indoor sweeping.
Watch me now!
I’m just a mean green mother from outer space
And I’m bad!
I’m just a mean green mother, a real disgrace,
And you’ve got me violent and mad.
I’m just a mean green mother from outer space,
Gonna trash your @$$! Gonna rock this place!
I’m mean and green,
And I am bad!
LOL!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, a steady stream of illegal people, carrying all sorts of diseases, walk across the Mexican border without question....
And for additional snark value, I should ask if this alien fungus is eligible for free housing, medical care, education and social security.
NYC is inFESTED with bedbugs .... but the mayor will protect the citizens from 16oz soda .. yoobetcha’
She told me her name was Noi. Actually, she said “Chew Noi”. I asked her where.
If she replied "หีหี" (hehe) then you missed an opportunity.
An army buddy who had little or no Thai language ability once tried to sound like he was speaking Thai. He asked my at that time gf, "ช่องอะไร" (chaawng arai?)
She replied "ช่องแปด" (chaawng bpaaet.)
He thought he was sounding cool. She thought he spoke Thai. I laughed my ass off.
Our TV was on. He had no idea that he had asked "What Channel?" and she'd replied "Channel eight."
That broom is made out of a type of dried grass , and ps: where’d you get this picture of my wife!???
the one you show here could be the peeled down center rib of a coco palm leaf , or some palm leaf . Not grass
Leo, usually I answer that comment with, “Hell, I knew her before she met you.”
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