P Jonathan Ambrose ENS

IF New Delhi Metallo-betalactamase (NDM-1)is the latest superbug that is threatening humans, crops too have their share of superbugs.

One of them is Papaya Millibug, a pest which has reportedly destroyed most of the crops in Puducherry and southern Tamil NaduCoimbatore, Erode and Tirupattur.

N Ganesh of CEAD, an NGO that works with the farmers of the Thavaluppam are