Officials tell The Star-Ledger of Newark that's partly because of a fungus they introduced several years ago to kill off caterpillar larvae. The fungus thrives when it's wet and cool, as it was through much of May and June.
But another thriving fungus has been bad for tomatoes. Penn State University researchers tell The Philadelphia Inquirer a fungus has ruined tomato plants in five of the state's 21 counties.
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