South Korea: Fruit tree burn disease crisis management stage ‘warning’ in main producing areas

(Korea Agricultural Newspaper = Reporter Kim Eun-jin) The Rural Development Administration (Chairman Jae-ho Jo) announced on the 21st that it would raise the risk management level of fruit burn disease in five main fruit-producing regions from 'caution' to 'warning'. This is a measure according to the first outbreak of fruit burn disease in Bonghwa-gun, which belongs to the northern region of Gyeongsangbuk-do, among the five main fruit-producing regions. Four apple orchards (2.7 ha) in Chunyang-myeon, Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do were confirmed to have fruit burn disease on the 21st. The Rural Development Administration plans to carry out detailed surveillance on 130.2 ha of 170 farms within a 2 km radius of the orchard where fruit burn disease occurred, and conduct preemptive surveillance in fruit growing areas in neighboring cities and counties. In addition, it is a policy to guide farmers in main producing areas of fruit trees to follow the rules for preventing fruit tree ...