Diseased plants discovered at JFK

Diseased plants discovered at JFK U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture inspectors at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York recently stopped a shipment of chrysanthemums that were affected by white rust, the agency said.
   The fungal disease is capable of damaging many types of plants and is very difficult and costly to eradicate. This is the eighth time since May that inspectors have intercepted this pest on cut flowers from the Netherlands. Diseased flowers have also been destroyed from Ecuador.