Senasa denies new Fusarium outbreak in Peru

Published 2023년 9월 5일

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The Director of Plant Health at Senasa, Orlando Dolores, has confirmed that the Fusarium Race 4 (Foc R4T) outbreak is limited to the Valle del China in Piura, Peru, and there is currently no regrowth in other areas of the country. Strict controls and quarantine checkpoints are in place to prevent the spread of the pest, including disinfecting vehicles and implementing biosafety measures on plantain farms. The budget allocated for these measures is over 5 million soles per year, with 130 personnel working in Piura to keep the pest under control.

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A few days ago a rumor emerged about a new outbreak of Fusarium Race 4 (Foc R4T), in Sullana in Peru. Faced with the alert, Fresh Fruit Portal spoke exclusively with Senasa's Director of Plant Health, Orlando Dolores. In this regard, Dolores indicated that "Fusarium is a plague that entered Peru in 2021 and is indeed present in a focused area, exclusively in the Valle del China in Piura and we currently do not have a regrowth." He explained that the area where Fusarium is present is properly controlled "we have quarantine checkpoints to prevent producers from moving banana plant material to other areas. And we also have checkpoints and areas where we carry out phytosanitary treatments to disinfect the vehicles”. The director of Plant Health of Senasa specified that they are busy keeping the pest under control "working so that it is not distributed to other areas of the country and we prevent it from dispersing to other countries with the disinfection of the containers that leave ...

Source: MXfruit