Research by the University of Guyana has found the presence of Orange

Prof Daizal R. Samad

Rust Disease in the country. This disease afflicts sugar cane leaves and has the potential to decrease sugar yield by up to 65 per cent, and if left untreated, could have devastating consequences for the entire sugar industry.
According to Director of the Berbice Campus, Professor Daizal R. Samad, an active researcher attached to the institution, Dr Subramaniam Gomes “and a young agronomist from GUYSUCO brought a sample to me last week. They also informed me that the disease has already been found in places like Barbados, Brazil, Cuba, Australia, and so on”.
Like no other time in its decade- long existence in Berbice, the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) is leading the way in areas of teaching and learning as well as in research and publication.