Virus cripples Katherine melon farmers

By Lyndon Keane and Stephanie Zillman
Updated September 22 2015 - 2:02pm, first published October 9 2014 - 5:00am
Watermelon growers in the Katherine region have been banned from producing a crop for the next two years following an outbreak of cucumber green mottled mosaic virus.
Watermelon growers in the Katherine region have been banned from producing a crop for the next two years following an outbreak of cucumber green mottled mosaic virus.

KATHERINE watermelon growers are reeling in the wake of the announcement they will not be able to plant a crop for two years following the confirmation of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus in the region.

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