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
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