[Green] It is essential to remove ulcers in winter to prevent fruit burn disease.

[Anchor]
Fruit burn disease, which causes fruit trees to dry and die as if burned, is a scary disease that requires the closure of the entire orchard once it occurs because there is no cure.

The Rural Development Administration advises that ulcers must be removed in advance in winter to prevent the outbreak of fruit burn disease in spring.

This is reporter Choi Ki-sung.

[Reporter]
It is an app developed by the Rural Development Administration called 'Counseling Experts of Fertilized Diseases'.

Experts, artificial intelligence, and AI analyze and inform you of the possibility of fruit tree ulcers when you take pictures with your smartphone.

The area of the ulcer is where the tree trunk or branch color has changed, or seems to have cracked and burst.

Since the bacteria are active again in spring after winter in this ulcer, the ulcer must be thoroughly removed in winter to prevent the occurrence.

[Kang Bong-soo / Representative of pear grower: Farmhouses are paying a lot of attention to disaster prevention. Among them, we are trying to remove suspicious branches and avoid burns as much as possible.]If you find any suspicious symptoms

, cut off areas that are more than 40 to 70 cm away from the infected area and apply disinfectant to the cut cross section.

Starting this year, the obligation to fruit farmers will also be greatly strengthened, such as a 10% cut in compensation for losses if they violate the rules for preventing fruit burns.

[Kwon Jae-han / Head of Rural Development Administration: We ask for active preventive activities by farmers as removing ulcers has become mandatory for farmers.]

The Rural Development Administration said that fruit burn disease fell 69% last year compared to the previous year, and that it will maintain a decreasing trend this year.

To this end, intensive inspections and random precise diagnosis were conducted mainly in existing areas with a high risk of infection, and trees suspected of infection were buried.

This is YTN Choi Ki Sung.

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video: Jang Myung-ho
Video cooperation: Rural Development Administration