The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) has issued a special quarantine order preventing the transport of various fruits and agricultural crops from four provinces of Calabarzon that is reeling from coconut scale insect (CSI) infestation.

In its Special Order 1, BPI Director Clarito Barron on Tuesday noted that the CSI infestation has spread to mangosteen and lanzones, putting at 526,408 the number of trees affected to include coconuts.

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