Black sigatoka in Grenada

Fecha de publicación

Jue, 11 Ene 2007, 00:00

Última actualización

Nov. 14, 2007, 9:01 a.m.

Número del informe

GRD-01/2

País

Grenada

Plaga identificada

Mycosphaerella fijiensis - (MYCOFI)

Estado del informe

Final

Hospederos

Banana,plantain,bluge, (most musa spp.)

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Unknown

Distribución geográfica

Present in our main banana growing areas

Resumen

Black sigatoka is a serious quarantine pest which was identified in June of 2006 by Dr.Juliane Henderson of CRC for Tropical Plant Protection. The disease can negatively affect the entire country and other countries in the region where the pest is not present.

Peligro

Grenada has just resumed shipping to Trinidad, the economic loses can be tremendous, in addition,it means that we will have to import banana from St.Vincent to support the domestic supply.

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