A Colchester County farm manager is concerned about a strawberry disease that has reached P.E.I. and could potentially make its way into Nova Scotia. Neopestalotiopsis, which is a fungal pathogen, harms both leaves and fruit.
Jonathan Millen of Millen Farms says he hasn't encountered it on his crops yet, but thinks it is only a matter of time since it has already reached the region.
"It can basically devastate your whole crop in the matter of a few days, so it is financially concerning," says Millen. There is no cure for the disease.
"There's different spray practices or fungicide practices that they say help," said Millen. "There really isn't anything [to cure it]. It's kind of like cancer."
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