Improved Fusarium-resistant lettuce varieties are coming
Fusarium is a fungus that’s been prone to infect lettuce – predominantly iceberg - in several parts of the world. In Arizona, the disease has been around since 2001. While it was first contained in one field, it has since then spread through lettuce production areas of the Southwestern US. The problem is that it spreads very easily through people and machinery. Even cleaning machinery
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