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http://www.cooperativa.cl/sag-prepa...-en-chile/prontus_nots/2011-03-22/093651.html
Spanish to English translation
SAG prepares contingency plan after detecting "Kiwi Disease" in Chile
Plague started in Italy and New Zealand properties was detected in regions of O'Higgins and Maule.
Results are the result of investigation in December 2010 and January 2011 in orchards suspects.
Cooperativa.cl
The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) reported that a contingency plan drawn up following the discovery in an area of the Region of O'Higgins and Maule three in the so-called "disease of kiwifruit", started in Italy and New Zealand.
The initiative of the body arises due to the global alert for the detection of disease caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv Actinidiae (PSA), so increased surveillance activities in cultured kiwi nationwide.
These results were the product of an investigation in December 2010 and January 2011 in kiwi orchards with suspicious symptoms, which alert has worked jointly with the private sector , according to the SAG .
That is why we are developing a contingency plan aimed at controlling this pest, and it will continue to conduct surveillance in order to know the real distribution of PSA in the country.
According to the disease organism is spread by rain, wind and plants, but not through the fruit itself.
Spanish to English translation
SAG prepares contingency plan after detecting "Kiwi Disease" in Chile
Plague started in Italy and New Zealand properties was detected in regions of O'Higgins and Maule.
Results are the result of investigation in December 2010 and January 2011 in orchards suspects.
Cooperativa.cl
The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) reported that a contingency plan drawn up following the discovery in an area of the Region of O'Higgins and Maule three in the so-called "disease of kiwifruit", started in Italy and New Zealand.
The initiative of the body arises due to the global alert for the detection of disease caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv Actinidiae (PSA), so increased surveillance activities in cultured kiwi nationwide.
These results were the product of an investigation in December 2010 and January 2011 in kiwi orchards with suspicious symptoms, which alert has worked jointly with the private sector , according to the SAG .
That is why we are developing a contingency plan aimed at controlling this pest, and it will continue to conduct surveillance in order to know the real distribution of PSA in the country.
According to the disease organism is spread by rain, wind and plants, but not through the fruit itself.