The Agricultural and Livestock Service in Chile works with nurseries so that producers have healthy strawberry plants in the shortest possible time

The Agricultural and Livestock Service, SAG, reports that it is making every effort to ensure that producers have plants free of the Aphelenchoides fragariae pest, known as "strawberry foliar nematode", as soon as possible. For this purpose, the nurseries that tested positive have been required to carry out control treatments on an approximate universe of 52 million plants, the results of which will be available as of October 28 in a staggered manner, the date from which hopes to have strawberry plants free of this nematode. The foregoing is part of what is established by plant health regulations and plant nurseries and warehouses, where it is indicated that nurseries must sell healthy and pest-free plants. The established actions have the sole purpose of ensuring that producers have healthy material for proper production, which is based on the country's ...