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Frosty Pod Rot disease spreads to other parishes
3:34 pm, Tue January 3, 2017
Frosty Pod Rot disease in cocoa
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Dennis Buddhu
The Cocoa Industry Board is reporting that the highly contagious Frosty Pod Rot disease that emerged in Clarendon last September has spread to at least two other parishes.
The disease, which affects the cocoa crop, has spread to sections of St. Catherine and has also been detected in an area in St. Andrew.
Dennis Buddhu, a member of the Cocoa Industry Board, made the revelation to RJR News.
Mr. Buddhu disclosed that the Cocoa Industry Board is working with other partners to contain and eradicate the disease.
"We have started the procedures where we are now stripping the diseased pods off the trees and then we are doing the burial of the infected pods," he outlined.
He said this process will continue for another two years so the pods can be removed before they start generating spurs that indicate the disease is present.
Just last week, the Agriculture Ministry withdrew the Ministerial Order that was issued in September, in an attempt to contain the disease.
Mr. Buddhu said investigations into how the disease reached Jamaica are continuing.
3:34 pm, Tue January 3, 2017
Frosty Pod Rot disease in cocoa
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Dennis Buddhu
The Cocoa Industry Board is reporting that the highly contagious Frosty Pod Rot disease that emerged in Clarendon last September has spread to at least two other parishes.
The disease, which affects the cocoa crop, has spread to sections of St. Catherine and has also been detected in an area in St. Andrew.
Dennis Buddhu, a member of the Cocoa Industry Board, made the revelation to RJR News.
Mr. Buddhu disclosed that the Cocoa Industry Board is working with other partners to contain and eradicate the disease.
"We have started the procedures where we are now stripping the diseased pods off the trees and then we are doing the burial of the infected pods," he outlined.
He said this process will continue for another two years so the pods can be removed before they start generating spurs that indicate the disease is present.
Just last week, the Agriculture Ministry withdrew the Ministerial Order that was issued in September, in an attempt to contain the disease.
Mr. Buddhu said investigations into how the disease reached Jamaica are continuing.
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