Naju-si Supplies Preventive Chemicals for 'Fruit Tree Fire Blight' to Pear Farmers

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Kang In-gyu) announced on the 18th that it will supply control agents to pear cultivation farms to prevent 'fire blight' in advance.

The city plans to supply 9,800 packs of fire blight prevention agents to 2,100 pear cultivation farms (total area 1,946 hectares) in the jurisdiction.

Fire blight, known as the foot-and-mouth disease of fruit trees, is a disease in which the fruit tree tissue turns black and withers as if it has been burned due to pests and diseases.

Also, since it spreads rapidly in high temperatures and there is currently no cure, regular monitoring and timely control by farms are very important.

In particular, due to abnormal warm winters, as of the end of last year, it has spread to 10 cities and counties in 4 provinces nationwide, with a total of 179 farms (125 hectares) reported damaged.

The control agent supplied to farms is called 'Tamina,' which is known to have excellent control effects as it does not wash away easily even in rainy weather and is effective in preventing fire blight as well as black star disease (black star spot disease).

Farms applying for the agent can receive it at their local eup/myeon/dong administrative welfare centers until the 25th of this month.

Farms should spray the agent around late this month, the time when pear flowers begin to open (before blooming), to maximize the effectiveness of the agent.

An official from the Agricultural Technology Center said, "The appropriate time to spray the fire blight agent is expected to be on the 27th, but since the timing varies slightly depending on each orchard, it is better to determine the spraying time by monitoring the blooming status through regular inspections by each farm."

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