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Hot and humid summer conditions in Poland have led to a significant reduction in cucumber harvests due to diseases like powdery mildew and bacterial angular spotting. This has shortened the cucumber season to just a week in many areas. To address the shortfall, Poland has imported a record 38,000 tons of cucumbers in the first four months of 2024, mainly from Spain, Greece, and Germany.
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Bacteria and diseases that develop during hot and humid summer days have destroyed a large part of the harvest across Poland. The limited harvest of cucumbers in Poland can be compensated by record imports from abroad. This is reported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Netherlands. High temperatures contribute to the development of such a disease as powdery mildew. In addition to powdery mildew (lac. Oomycetes Peronosporaceae), seedlings are also affected by bacterial angular spotting of cucumber (lac. Pseudomonas syringae). Usually, the cucumber season lasted a whole month, and due to diseases that digested the plants, the harvest in many regions of the country ended after a week. The limited harvest of cucumbers in Poland can be compensated by record imports from abroad. In the first ...
Source: Agrotimes
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