CIUDAD OBREGÓN, Sonora.- Nearly 4,000 hectares of corn, tomatillo, bean and squash crops suffered some type of damage due to low temperatures up to zero degrees Celsius that occurred in the Yaqui ValleyThis is how Humberto Borbón Valencia made it known.
The general manager of the Yaqui River Irrigation District explained that The damage that occurred in these crops is partial, but it could worsen and increase in the following days.
Germán Castelo Muñoz, Manager of the Local Plant Health Board, commented that some producers They are taking measures to safeguard their products, such as watering and covering them, however, they have not been enough.
On other dates the temperatures dropped, but there were no effects, this is what we could consider the first frost of the season”, he highlighted.
He added that since the damage suffered is in the early stages of cultivation, It has the feasibility to recover with correct care, fertilization and irrigation.
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