{"id":21706,"date":"2013-06-26T08:50:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T12:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=21706"},"modified":"2013-06-26T08:50:31","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T12:50:31","slug":"juniper-threatened-in-uk-gin-and-tonics-threatened-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/06\/juniper-threatened-in-uk-gin-and-tonics-threatened-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Juniper threatened in UK, gin and tonics threatened everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/technology\/2013\/06\/gin-and-tonics-at-risk-from-foreign-invader\/\">Gin and Tonics at Risk From Foreign Invader<\/a> &#8211; <em>ABC News<\/em><br \/>\nOH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A fungus-like organism called phytophthora austrocedrae has been spotted infecting juniper plants and spreading throughout Northern Britain and Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The pathogen, whose first name literally translates to \u201cplant destroyer,\u201d is part of the same family as the pest responsible for the 19th-century Irish potato famine. Sarah Green, a scientist working with the Research Agency of the Forest Commission in the U.K., says it typically spreads through either groundwater or via streams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt attacks primarily through the root or stem, but can also penetrate through the bark and branches, as well,\u201d Green told ABC News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>SAVE THE JUNIPER BUSHES! I don&#8217;t want to think about going through summer without gin and tonics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gin and Tonics at Risk From Foreign Invader &#8211; ABC News OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! A fungus-like organism called phytophthora austrocedrae has been spotted infecting juniper plants and spreading throughout Northern Britain and Scotland. 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