[Korea Farmers' News Agency Reporter Kang-san Lee] "This is the first time in 37 years of growing green onions that we have encountered such a situation. We tried to control it six times, but we couldn't stop its spread." On October 15, the green onion fields in Anyang-myeon, Jangheung-gun, Jeonnam Province, which were about to be harvested, had turned completely yellowish. Normally, this would be the peak period for work, but the rice paddies next to the green onion fields, which had withered and turned red due to the downy mildew disease, only created a somber atmosphere. Moon Gyeong-ji (58), who grows green onions on 16,000 pyeong, said, "Until two weeks ago, the growth was good, and we were just waiting for the shipment, but suddenly the leaves started turning yellow and withering." "We tried to prevent the damage by controlling it six times, but the entire