Other Plant Disease -- United States
Florida strawberries are being attacked by an aggressive fungus. Experts say _Pestalotiopsis_ is not a new fungus, but this seems to be a "different species". It's reported to be a lot more progressive than what has been seen before.
One grower lost as many as 80 acres. Wish Farms said it has been widespread since Christmas [2019]. "At this point, we've lost about 40% of the crop; we've just abandoned the fields because it got so bad." They said it mainly affected organic crops because
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6963169&promed&0
No comments:
Post a Comment