Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
A 35 acre [14 ha] field on Prince Edward Island [PEI] is under quarantine and its crops set to be destroyed after the plot was confirmed to have potato wart. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency [CFIA] has ordered “movement controls” on all equipment, plants, potato tubers and soil from the affected farm.
CFIA said it’s now sampling and testing soil and material from other fields in the area, looking for “any possible further infestation”. Results of those tests are expected in the coming
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