Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
At a time when apple harvesting is in the full swing, [an] outbreak of fungal disease ‘Marssonina’, which causes premature defoliation, is threatening orchards in the major apple-growing areas of the state [Himachal Pradesh]. The rapidly spreading disease is leading to panic among fruit growers as 80 percent of [the] apple crop is still to be harvested. Orchardists said the premature leaf fall has surfaced recently and [the] fungal attack was affecting the crop adversely in some
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