Other Plant Disease — India
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has issued an advisory to farmers to keep the wheat crop safe from Karnal bunt (KB), a fungal disease known to transform wheat grains into a black mass of spores.
Dr Balwinder Singh, PAU, said samples collected from Jalandhar, Moga, Kapurthala, Mohali, and Pathankot had a high prevalence (3 to 5 per cent). Disease-inflicted seeds were more common in the samples collected in the past 2-3 years.
He said the disease was also found in seeds collected from
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