Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 10/9/19


The guava root-knot nematode has become public enemy No. 1 for North Carolina sweet potato farmers with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture issuing an internal quarantine of the invasive pest last October in all 100 of the state’s counties. The quarantine, which remains in effect one year later, requires sweet potato seed roots to be inspected and certified free of guava root knot nematode before leaving the state.

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