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After wheat, cotton crop bears heat brunt [1]

Naveen S Garewal

After a drastic drop in the yield of wheat this rabi season, the kharif crop appears to be heading in a similar direction. Sharp rise in temperature during March led to shrivelling up of wheat grain and reduction in yields by about 20 per cent. And now, a rapid rise in heat is threatening both long and short staple cotton.

Publication Date: 
26/05/2010
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Wheat [4], Cotton [5], Natural Disasters [6], Heat Waves [7], Tribune (New Delhi) [2]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/after-wheat-cotton-crop-bears-heat-brunt
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cotton
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heat-waves