Other Plant Disease — Bangladesh
Potato growers of Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts [Rangpur division] are worried due to attack of late blight disease. Arshed Ali, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), said, “The disease appeared due to cold and foggy weather. We are suggesting farmers spray their potato fields once a week.”
During a recent visit, many late blight affected potato fields [were seen]. Frequent use of [fungicides] adds to the production cost, said several farmers. They said that a portion of the
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