Mexico: Plagues threaten the maguey crops

THE HERALDO AGUASCALIENTES. AGUASCALIENTES. Maguey producers from different ejidos and communities, from various municipalities, are extremely concerned because their plantations from five or six years ago have begun to be invaded by pests and diseases that can affect the rest of their crops of this agave in its different varieties. . According to the report of several maguey producers for the production of mezcal, they announced that the plague that has begun to destroy part of their cultivation is the so-called "Picudo", but over the months they have also detected other pests and diseases that affect the plant and therefore, the production of its derivatives. After a prolonged period of drought in the Aguascalientes countryside, the rains that have fallen during the storm have been an incentive for agricultural producers, in which those of the maguey have been included. The issue is that with the humidity, pests and natural and invasive diseases arise, which are fungi and ...