Other Plant Disease -- Venezuela
A devastating panicle blight disease affecting the major rice growing regions of Venezuela is expected to contribute to the lowest output of milled rice in that country since 1972, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Production of rice in the 2018-19 marketing year is forecast down 49 per cent from 2017-18. The disease also is forecast to have an impact on area harvested to rice for 2018-19 at 70 000 hectares [about 173 000 acres], down from 135 000 hectares [about 333 600
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5765480&promed&0
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