The Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) has stepped up measures to protect the area’s rubber industry from the threat of Pestalotiopsis or rubber leaf fall disease.
Butuan City—The Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region has stepped up measures to protect the area’s rubber industry from the threat of Pestalotiopsis or rubber leaf fall disease.
Pestalotiopsis is a fungal disease caused by the pathogen Pestalotiopsis sp. and is considered an emerging grave threat disease for rubber trees. It can cause leaf defoliation and reduce productivity up to 70 to 90 percent for the worst affected rubber farms. These rubber farms are located in Barangay New Visayas in Trento municipality and Sitio Tagbanao, Barangay Awao in Sta. Josefa town.
An additional P199,100 funding was also set aside to support the Regional Crop Protection Center in Caraga for their laboratory supplies and chemical and filtering activities. As of 2022, the region has 13,176 hectares of land areas planted with rubber with an average yield of 2.06 metric tons per hectare.
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