Is the soybean anomaly already present in Paraguay?

Published 2025년 10월 7일

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The soybean anomaly generated a negative impact in productive areas of Brazil and since last year in Paraguay, work and research have been ongoing to determine the presence or absence of the disease in our country, stated Agricultural Engineer Wilfrido Morel, general director of FitoLab Paraguay, during the Sunday agroclassic, Nación Productiva.

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The decay of grains and pods during the filling phase in the cultivation of oilseed or commonly known as soybean anomaly has caused concern in certain productive regions of Brazil. This was one of the topics presented at the latest edition of the Soybean Health Symposium, jointly organized by Productiva C&M and FitoLab Paraguay. During the Sunday agroclassic, which had as its central theme: "Background, current scenario, and behavior of diseases in the cultivation of soybeans," the professional explained that there are two species of pathogens (Diaporthes) that cause the soybean anomaly. Although –he noted- at the last Brazilian Soybean Congress there was much controversy about the organisms causing the disease. "We have two species, Diaporthe longicolla and Diaporthe euckeri, that cause the soybean anomaly. Currently, there are those who are in favor and those who are against what happens in Brazil; some say that these are not the organisms that cause the disease, while others ...
Source: Productivacm

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