Parsley at the mercy of fungi, insects and physio pathologies in Italy

There are numerous adversities that affect parsley: numerous fungi, bacteria, viruses, aphids, leafhoppers, miner flies, lepidopterans, mites, nematodes and physiological alterations. The defense must be mainly preventive From a production point of view, based on Istat data, parsley in Italy is grown in the open field on an area of 1,331 hectares for a production of 27,185 t and in protected cultivation on an area of 9,328 hectares for a production of 2569.3 t . The main regions are Puglia, for open field, with 1,070 hectares and 21,935 tons and Campania, for protected cultivation, with 4,250 acres and 1,125 quintals. Pamc (Aromatic medicinal plants and condiments), according to Ismea, develop a market of enormous interest for Italy, which produces 25 million kilos of them in over 6,000 companies involved with more than 24,000 hectares cultivated (with a growth of 110% in three years), which however only cover 70% of the entire national requirement. Italy is the 4th country in the ...