Gyeonggi Agricultural Research and Extension Services urges enhanced monitoring and control measures for cabbage clubroot disease.

The Gyeonggi Agricultural Technology Institute urged thorough monitoring and control until last week as frequent rains have increased the occurrence of soft rot in autumn cabbage. Cabbage soft rot is a bacterial disease transmitted through soil, and its occurrence has increased due to frequent rainfall and higher average temperatures this year compared to previous years. Cabbage infected with soft rot turns into pale brown spots, rots, and the infected areas shrink while the entire cabbage may rot. In fields with poor drainage or where continuous cultivation has been done in plots where soft rot occurred last year, the probability of soft rot occurrence is very high because the pathogens remain in the soil. Therefore, farmers need to prevent its spread through thorough prevention measures such as improving drainage and applying pesticides in advance. The Gyeonggi Agricultural Technology Institute is strengthening on-site monitoring activities in cooperation with local agricultural ...