date:Oct 25, 2021
ers also supply fresh cut fruit for export.
A concern for local melon growers in the northeast of the country is a recent arrival in South Africa, a virus that causes yellowing and stunting, a terrible disease, says a grower. Over the past three years, cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus has been getting worse in the north of the country and a number of growers have lost their entire crops to it. It devastates watermelons; its effect on melons is reportedly less severe but requires careful