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THE FARMER- Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

That fifty-para paddy field is owned by someone in Vaikom. Kesavan Nair has been cultivating it for the last forty years. Before that, Kesavan Nair’s uncle was its cultivator. Some ten years ago, when paddy prices were as high as five to seven rupees a bushel, rich people from Changanassery and Thiruvalla, had come there […]

Agri Diseases

DISEASES OF RICE – Fungal, Bactorial and virus diseases – Online Studymaterial

Important diseases of rice DISEASES CAUSAL ORGANISM FUNGAL DISEASES Blast Pyricularia oryzae Brown spot or Sesame leaf spot Bipolaris oryzae (Helminthosporium oryzae) Sheath blight Rhizoctonia solani Sheath rot Sarocladium oryzae Narrow brown leaf spot Cercospora janseana Stem rot Sclerotium oryzae Foot rot or Bakanae disease Fusarium moniliforme False smut Ustilaginoidea virens Udbatta disease Ephelis oryzae […]