Other Plant Disease -- New Zealand
The country's onion crop has been slashed by at least 20 per cent because of humid weather which resulted in a disease. Onions New Zealand's Michael Ahern said the main problem was a leaf blight called 'Stemphylium' which has damaged the plants.
"We've had some difficulties in a number of the growing areas. We ran a crop forecast recently and we could be down by around 20 per cent on yield, even that could be increased by quality issues at packing time. No one can recall an attack by this
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