The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry on Friday identified a pest that has showed up in the state and attacks certain crops, primarily sugar cane, soybeans and sweet potatoes, reports The Advocate.
State officials in a news release said the root-knot nematode, or Meloidogyne enterolobii, is a microscopic worm that reproduces rapidly and was recently identified in Morehouse Parish.
LSU Agriculture Center officials believe the worm somehow migrated into Louisiana from North Carolina.
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