Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
A fungus-like organism _Phytophthora infestans_, causing the disease ‘late blight’, has devastated a significant portion of the country’s tomato crop. The pathogen has infested crops in Batinah, where 85 per cent of the sultanate’s tomato is cultivated.
Saed Abdullah Rashid al Kharusi, Al Batinah Farmers’ Association, said the damage was large scale. “From seedlings to fruit and plant, everything has been damaged. We can’t estimate the exact damage, but have invited the Ministry of
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