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Summerside farm shuts strawberry U-pick after new fungal disease causes crop loss

‘It's a really hard decision,’ says owner of Compton's Farm Market and Berry Patch

CBC NewsThinh Nguyen

A fungus that affects strawberry plants is forcing at least one Prince Edward Island farm to change its operations this summer.

Compton's Farm Market and Berry Patch in Summerside has shut down its strawberry U-pick operations for the season.

Owner Matthew Compton said the reason is neopestalotiopsis, or Neo-P, a fungal pathogen that can cause leaf spots and lead to rotting. There is no known remedy once it hits a crop.

He said the fungus is not present in his normal U-pick field in Indian River, …

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Summerside farm shuts strawberry U-pick after new fungal disease causes crop loss

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