Fruit and vegetable crop losses in Italy and Austria due to frost can reach 100%

Gardeners in Italy and Austria have reported that crop and vegetable crop losses from recent frosts in some regions could reach 80% -100%, which will affect product prices. This was reported by the Internet portal FruitNews. In Italy, in particular, producers in the Basilicata, Campania, Puglia and Calabria regions reported that frosts in early April damaged crops of vegetables, stone fruits and kiwis. "We knew that the cold was coming, but we could not imagine that the temperature would drop to -2 ° C. The bone crop suffered the most. Apricots of varieties Pricia, Mogador, Flopria were completely destroyed. The fruit turned black due to a sharp rise in temperature after frost. The loss of peaches and nectarines remains to be estimated. Kiwis, watermelons and melons were also affected. The disaster has bypassed the strawberry plantation, ”said Franco Lillo, a representative of the Italian Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association. Great damage was reported in the region of Puglia, ...