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Bad weather, pest attack may lower wheat yield [1]

Ludhiana: Woes of wheat growers refuse to end. First it was bad weather and now when the crop is on the threshold of harvest, heavy rains and the high velocity winds hit the state on Friday.

Besides the inclement weather, the yellow rust has also crashed the state

Publication Date: 
24/03/2009
Indian Express (Chandigarh) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Crop Pests [4], Wheat [5], Crop Yield [6], Punjab [7], Hoshiarpur (D) [8], Ludhiana (D) [9]
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