South Korea: Pyeongtaek City supplies 2 million strains of virus-resistant pepper seedlings to farmers

[Pyeongtaek = Newspim] Reporter Lee Seok-gu = Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek City announced on the 5th that it will supply about 2 million pepper seedlings with full fertilization to more than 7,000 farmers who wish to cultivate peppers through the'virus (TSWV) resistant pepper seedling supply project' this year. According to the city, the virus (TSWV) resistant red pepper seedling supply project is the only fertilization project in Pyeongtaek city in the province. The city is changing business details to meet the diverse needs of farmers in response to climate change and changes in market trends, starting from the'blight-resistant red pepper seedling supply project' in 2008 to the current'complex-resistant red pepper seedling supply project'. It supplies the nation's largest quantity every year. The Agricultural Technology Center is ...