PRO/PL> Blast disease, wheat & rice – Bangladesh

Other Plant Disease — Bangladesh
Around 15 500 hectares [ha; 1 hectare= 2.471 acres] of wheat fields have been infected with blast disease in 5 south western districts, said the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) and the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).
The infection [was] detected for the first time in the districts. [It] affected 9640 ha in Meherpur, 2563 ha in Chuadanga, 1500 ha in Jessore, 840 ha in Jhenidah, 320 ha in Kushtia and also 700 ha in [the] southern district Barisal, said