ICA: First detection of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Race 4 Tropical - FOC R4T (2019)
Alert-notification
31/12/2019
Description
Confirmation of the first detection of Foc R4T in banana plantations Cavendish in the villages: Las Flores and Pelucha, located in La Guajira, in response to the detection the ICA activates National Contingency Protocol with actions of prevention, surveillance, delimitation and treatment of the outbreak establishing quarantines in 6 places, Foc R4T is catalogued as a quarantine pest present and subject to official control.