Other Plant Disease -- India
Apple growers in Himachal Pradesh face the onslaught of scab disease, which struck the state after nearly 4 decades [this is incorrect, see comment below]. It is rapidly deteriorating production. The highly infectious disease is spreading through the high-yielding belt. Prices have already doubled in local markets.
The quality deteriorates in a few days, rendering all the produce in the orchard useless. According to officials of the national horticulture department, the fungal infection has
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7778780&promed&0
No comments:
Post a Comment