Protocol for treatment of 'ripe grape rot' should be ready by September and unites CEA-IAC with other entities

A meeting at the headquarters of the Center for Engineering and Automation (CEA) of the Agronomic Institute (IAC) in the city of Jundiaí (SP) brought together entities and experts from different areas, with the aim of advancing in the development of effective strategies for the control of the ‘ripe grape rot’. The disease, caused by fungi, affects grape cultivation areas in Rio Grande do Sul and also in the so-called Fruit Circuit, in the Jundiaí region, worrying producers and researchers due to potential losses. According to scientific researcher Hamilton Ramos, director of CEA-IAC, an agency of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply of the State of SP, the meeting at the research center brought together representatives from the municipality of Jundiaí and the local Agricultural Association, as well as grape producers and the Biological Institute of the State of SP. “So far, we have observed that the variations of fungi acting in Jundiaí are different from those identified in ...