Friday, 17 August 2018

PRO/PL> Late blight, potato - Malawi: (DE)

Other Plant Disease -- Malawi
Dedza [district] potato farmers [are] reeling under heavy losses after their crop was devastated by late blight disease which drastically reduced the quality and quantity of their yield.
[A] research technician for International Potato Centre (CIP) in Dedza concurred with the farmers saying the just ended [2018] growing season has been bad for potato farming due to the disease. He said the situation was worsened by the fact that many farmers use poor quality seeds [tubers] for

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5971029&promed&0

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