The path has been opened for the development of domestic pesticides for ‘fire blight’.

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[Nongsuchuksan Shinmun = Reporter Park Yu-shin] A path has been opened to develop control agents for fire blight in fruit trees. On the 27th of last month, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs promulgated the "Partial Amendment to the Plant Quarantine Act," which includes provisions allowing the testing and research of pests and diseases subject to control, as well as their use in the manufacture of control agents. This amended law will take effect on April 28 of next year, six months after its promulgation. The core of the amended Plant Quarantine Act is the establishment of a legal basis to allow the testing and research of pests and diseases subject to control, or their use in the manufacture of control agents, upon obtaining permission from the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Until now, pests and diseases subject to control, such as fire blight in fruit trees, were required to be controlled,

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