Other Plant Disease -- Philippines
Seaweed farming faces [a] dilemma with ice-ice disease. The Philippines is known to have more than 800 species of seaweeds, 2 of which are used in farms to extract carrageenan, a food enhancer. These are _Eucheuma_ and _Kappaphycus_, a source of livelihood for Filipinos in coastal areas. However, farmers are shying away because of lower yield caused mostly by the ice-ice disease.
Only a small number of researchers in the world have sought to study the disease and how seaweeds can resist it.
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6518038&promed&0
No comments:
Post a Comment