Other Plant Disease -- Colombia
Yellow dragon disease [is devastating] Colombia's citrus plantations. Citrus producers in the department of Atlantico have had to suspend the production on 1270 hectares [about 3138 acres] due to the plague and have reported losses of millions of dollars a day.
According to municipal leaders, the alternatives that the ICA [Colombian Agricultural Institute] has proposed do not respond to the needs. One of the options has been to replace the plantations with new trees, and the other one is to
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6549871&promed&0
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