South Korea: Cold damage to agricultural crops in Gyeongnam reaches 870 hectares

[Reporter Koo Ja-ryong, The Korea Rural Newspaper] Pears, sweet persimmons, etc. Even the accident insurance subscription rate is low The need for a practical remedy It was estimated that 870ha of crops were damaged by cold damage in the Gyeongnam region due to abnormally low temperatures during the early blooming season in spring. There is a growing voice calling for countermeasures against abnormal low-temperature damage to fruit trees. According to South Gyeongsang Province, a surprise cold wave below freezing struck in three periods: March 27 to 28, April 8 to 10, and April 27, and pears (ovites) froze and turned black, and flower buds withered. Abnormal low-temperature damage due to poor fruiting due to poor pollination and fertilization was 868.3ha, which was counted up to the 15th. By crop, apples 541.2ha, pears 178.2ha, plums 22.9ha, kiwifruit 14.3ha, and sweet persimmons 13.8ha in that order. 97% of apples, 45% of pears, 35% of peaches, 19% of kiwifruit, 16% of plums, ...