EXPERTS from the Coconut Industry Board have been conducting research to stem the Lethal Yellowing Disease, which affects coconut trees.

At the first Jamaica House press briefing by the People's National Party administration, Dr Wayne Myrie, from the Coconut Industry Board explained the nature of the research.

"We have looked at how to stem the spread of this disease and we have been embarking on a programme to remove the infected trees from the field immediately, to burn those trees and plant another tree in the space of that one and also to do proper control practices. We have found, and we call that the Black Approach, because the first person to start this approach is Michael Black in St Thomas," he said.

Myrie says a variety of coconut trees resistant to the disease have been developed and are being made available on a limited basis to farmers.

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