Other Plant Disease — Philippines
Approximately 1000 acres [about 405 ha] of rice fields in Albay [Bicol region] are unproductive due to [tungro] virus disease. MP Joey Sarte Salceda said the disease has so far affected various urban farmers. “It should be controlled as soon as possible during the reproductive phase,” he said.
Rice [tungro] disease is caused by the combination of 2 viruses that are transmitted by leafhoppers. Salceda said he had already asked the Department of Agriculture to do something to prevent the
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