SAG authorizes the first batch of treated and nematode-free strawberry plants in Chile

Published 2022년 11월 2일

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The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) of Argentina has approved the release of 3,660,000 Strawberry Monterrey variety plants, marking the first batch to be treated with phosphine following the immobilization of nursery stock contaminated with the strawberry foliar nematode. This step is part of the SAG's efforts to curb the spread of the pest and is made possible by the fact that the treated plants have tested negative for the pest. However, only 7.3% of the 52 million infested plants of this variety have been cleared for release so far, with the SAG continuing its analysis of the remaining plants to ensure their health and to facilitate the release of more pest-free plants in the future.

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A total of 3,660,000 strawberry plants of the Monterrey variety were authorized this Friday by the Agricultural and Livestock Service, SAG, for their commercialization as the first batch treated with phosphine by nurserymen. This after the immobilization measure that the Service had determined for this plant material from nurseries contaminated with the plague Aphelechoides fragariae, called "strawberry foliar nematode", in order to prevent its spread to other productive hosts and new geographical areas of the country. . The announcement of the release occurs after these plants turned out to be negative for said pest in the samples that the SAG is carrying out in the different contaminated nurseries after their treatment with phosphine, which today allows farmers to have healthy plants for the production of strawberries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and that the results of this phosphine treatment are promising, it is important to consider that the number of released plants ...

Source: Portaldelcampo