Monday, 26 August 2019

PRO/PL> Ascochyta blight, chickpea - Canada: (SK)

Other Plant Disease -- Canada
A mysterious disease is plaguing chickpea crops in southern Saskatchewan. Blighted and diminished plants are being found, [and the] disease confounds growers and agronomists. [The] unusual outbreak swept across wide swaths of the Canadian chickpea crop in July [2019].
"The issue went across pretty much all of Western Canada and the northern (United States)," said Sherrilyn Phelps, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. CDC Orion [chickpea cultivar] seemed to be more affected than other varieties,

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6640755&promed&0

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