Yellow rust damages wheat crop in border belt
Farmers in the border belt of the Jammu region are a harried lot because yellow rust, a fungal disease, has affected more than 60 per cent of their wheat crop.
Farmers in the RS Pura, Samba, Hiranagar and Kathua areas now fear that they may lose the entire crop, if the Agriculture Department does not take timely action.
Though yellow rust had damaged the crop earlier also, the authorities do
Publication Date:
03/03/2011