Kiwifruit growers urged to have pollen tested猕猴桃种植者被敦促进行花粉检测
MAF Biosecurity is urging kiwifruit growers to have pollen tested before it is used for artificial pollination on orchards.
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However, it does not agree with Federated Farmers' call for artificial pollination of kiwifruit vines to be suspended as a precaution against spreading the bacterial disease PSA.
MAF生物安全部敦促猕猴桃种植者在将花粉用于果园人工授粉之前进行检测。
然而，它不同意联邦农民的呼吁，即暂停猕猴桃藤的人工授粉，以预防细菌性疾病PSA的传播。
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The disease has been confirmed on 55 orchards in the Bay of Plenty, Tasman district, Hawke's Bay and Waikato.
Imported and locally collected pollen is used to supplement natural pollination by bees that are brought into orchards during flowering.
该疾病已在丰盛湾、塔斯曼区、霍克湾和怀卡托的55个果园中得到证实。
进口和当地采集的花粉用于补充蜜蜂在开花期间带入果园的自然授粉。
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MAF has confirmed that the disease has been detected in samples of New Zealand pollen collected over several years, as well as imported pollen.
MAF response manager David Yard says it has suspended imports of kiwifruit pollen.
MAF已经证实，在几年来收集的新西兰花粉样本以及进口花粉中都检测到了这种疾病。
MAF响应经理David Yard表示，已暂停进口猕猴桃花粉。
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However, he says stopping artificial pollination is premature because there is still no clear link between that practice and the spread of the disease.
About half of the infected orchards have been artificially pollinated and there is still no clear evidence that the presence of this pollen infects healthy kiwifruit vines, he says.
然而，他说停止人工授粉还为时过早，因为这种做法与疾病的传播之间仍然没有明确的联系。
他说，大约一半的受感染果园是人工授粉的，目前还没有明确的证据表明这种花粉的存在会感染健康的猕猴桃藤。
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On this basis, growers are being advised to get the pollen tested before use.
But Mr Yard says stopping artificial pollen would deprive some growers of fruit this season, because they do not have male vines on their orchards.
在此基础上，建议种植者在使用前对花粉进行检测。
但Yard先生表示，停止人工花粉将使一些种植者在这个季节失去水果，因为他们的果园里没有雄藤。
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