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Pulse crops cultivators warned of pest attack [1]

Farmers in Ikkadu and Kambathur blocks in Tiruvallur district have been issued an alert on a pest attack by prodinea
FARMERS who have cultivated pulse crops like greengram and blackgram in Tiruvallur district have been issued an alert on a pest attack by prodinea, whose caterpillar eats away the leaves and causes heavy damage to crops.

Publication Date: 
08/02/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Crop Pests [4], Tamil Nadu [5], Thiruvallur (D) [6]
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