Late blight, a fungal disease, has attacked the potato crop in Punjab, which is a major producer of tuber crop in the country, raising fear of damage to the crop.
According to a survey conducted by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), late blight, causes huge loss to crop yield, which appears in isolated fields of potato plantation in Hoshiarpur district.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/late-blight-attack-likely-hit-punjab-potato-crop
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/potato
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-diseases
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hoshiarpur-d