Monday, 11 January 2016

PRO/PL> Citrus canker, mandarin - Pakistan: (PB)

Other Plant Disease -- Pakistan
The 2015 kinnow [mandarin] yield was markedly low compared to previous years because of various plant diseases that plagued citrus orchards in the Punjab, Kinnow Growers' Association's Hamid Saleem Warraich said.
"Citrus canker, one of the most devastating plant diseases, spread like wild fire across the kinnow production belt." He said farmers had to bear the brunt of the damage. "Almost 64 per cent of citrus fruit grown in the Punjab is kinnow." Several commercial citrus varieties were

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