PRO/PL> Undiagnosed fungus, pome fruit – Spain: (CT)

Other Plant Disease — Spain
The growers’ association Unio de Pagesos (UP) has warned that this year’s [2020] Catalan pome fruit production will be smaller due to a fungal disease that has gone out of control, despite appropriate phytosanitary treatments. Girona [province] has the most affected areas of apples, with a 50% drop in production due to flooded soil for more than 10 days. In Lleida [province], the impact is not as great, with between 15% and 20% lost, since timely phytosanitary treatments were implemented, as