Fungal diseases affect Ilocos Norte onion crop

Purple blotch and Anthracnose disease fungal diseases have resulted in a 50 percent decrease of red onion crop in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, according to a Philippines media report. Cornelio Dinong, municipal agricultural technologist said that fungal diseases in onions usually develop during drizzle and rainy season and has prompted farmers to grow other crops. Purple Blotch is caused ["]