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Late blight attack likely to hit Punjab potato crop [1]

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.

Publication Date: 
05/01/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Potato [3], Plant Diseases [4], Hoshiarpur (D) [5]
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