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Posted on: July 30, 2020 at 06:23:11 CT
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UNSOLICITED SEEDS COULD WREAK HAVOC ON AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT
Jul. 29, 2020
Source: Purdue University news release
West Lafayette, IN - People across the country are receiving unsolicited packages of unidentified seeds in the mail that seem to be coming from China. The Office of Indiana State Chemist, located at Purdue University, is urging Hoosiers not to plant or dispose of the seeds since they could be spreading noxious weeds, plant diseases or invasive species.
Anyone in Indiana who receives a package is told not to open the seed packet and to mail it and any packaging materials to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Indiana office (full instructions below). State and federal authorities will work together to identify and properly dispose of all seeds and plant materials.
"It might be tempting to put this into some soil to see what happens, but there's a lot of damage that can cause," said Don Robison, seed administrator for the Office of Indiana State Chemist. "We don't know what these seeds are, and there is potential for doing serious harm to everything from your backyard garden to the commodity and specialty crops that are such an important part of the agricultural economy. The last thing we want is to spread a weed, invasive species or disease, and that's a real risk if people plant these or throw them in the garbage."
Weed seeds, invasive species and disease pathogens can spread rapidly, costing millions of dollars annually for just a single plant or disease, and cause billions of dollars of impact overall each year.
It's possible that the seeds are part of a "brushing" campaign in which online retailers send out unsolicited packages and use the fake sales to improve the seller's ratings in the marketplace. But state agricultural and environmental leaders don't want to take any chances.
UNSOLICITED SEEDS COULD WREAK HAVOC ON AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT
Jul. 29, 2020
Source: Purdue University news release
West Lafayette, IN - People across the country are receiving unsolicited packages of unidentified seeds in the mail that seem to be coming from China. The Office of Indiana State Chemist, located at Purdue University, is urging Hoosiers not to plant or dispose of the seeds since they could be spreading noxious weeds, plant diseases or invasive species.
Anyone in Indiana who receives a package is told not to open the seed packet and to mail it and any packaging materials to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Indiana office (full instructions below). State and federal authorities will work together to identify and properly dispose of all seeds and plant materials.
"It might be tempting to put this into some soil to see what happens, but there's a lot of damage that can cause," said Don Robison, seed administrator for the Office of Indiana State Chemist. "We don't know what these seeds are, and there is potential for doing serious harm to everything from your backyard garden to the commodity and specialty crops that are such an important part of the agricultural economy. The last thing we want is to spread a weed, invasive species or disease, and that's a real risk if people plant these or throw them in the garbage."
Weed seeds, invasive species and disease pathogens can spread rapidly, costing millions of dollars annually for just a single plant or disease, and cause billions of dollars of impact overall each year.
It's possible that the seeds are part of a "brushing" campaign in which online retailers send out unsolicited packages and use the fake sales to improve the seller's ratings in the marketplace. But state agricultural and environmental leaders don't want to take any chances.
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