Crop Diseases
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Environmental hazards of pesticides |
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Written by M. Saleem & Dr M. Arshad
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Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:37 |
ABOUT 25 million agricultural workers in developing countries suffer from pesticide poisoning each year that includes a significant number of women, says the World Health Organization (WHO).
Most of the applied pesticides in these countries have been classified by the WHO as class one pesticides... |
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Cotton crop hit by rain and pests |
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Written by Nasir Jamal
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Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:20 |
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TOWARDS the close of the third week of this month, the Punjab agriculture minister was reported to have directed the Extension and Pest Warning Wing officials to be, “alert and remain present in the fields to have a close watch over the situation created by the monsoon rains for the cotton... |
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Locust weed in riverine belt |
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Written by Shaukat Ali Bhambhro
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 10:43 |
Calotropis (Calotrops procera) is a common weed in Katcho area (riverine belt) of District Khairpur. This weed plant, is locally known as the Akh.
It belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family which includes 280 genera and... |
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Boll worm problem in Sindh |
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Written by Shaukat Ali Bhambhro
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 11:19 |
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In Sindh the wheat production target of 2.256 million tons has been fixed for 2004-2005. The projected 45 to 50 per cent water shortage and the delayed removal of cotton crop from fields have given rise to apprehensions that the wheat target for current Rabi season may not... |
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Sheesham’ disease stages a comeback |
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Written by Eftiqar Haider
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 14:37 |
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TAHLI (Sheesham/ Dalbergia Sissoo) — a high quality broad leaf, dark brown tree about 30 to 45 feet tall — has spread to almost every area located at 120m to 1,250m above the sea level owing to the environment of the sub-continent... |
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Damage to peach crop in Swat likely |
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Written by Sher Baz Khan
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 14:06 |
Thousands of tons of peach crop is feared to be wasted in the Malakand division this season again as mass exodus of people continues from the area after the launch of military operation ‘Rah-i-Haq-II’ for flashing out Taliban.
The Pakistan Horticulture Development... |
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Written by www.dawn.com
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Monday, 09 January 2012 14:16 |
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RUSTS are fungal diseases of plants called Puccinia (family Puccinaceae). These are most destructive diseases worldwide and have the ability to destroy the entire wheat crop. They have the ability to form new races that can attack previously resistant cultivars, and... |
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Kingdom Fungi and PhytoPathology - A Unique Perspective |
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Written by shakil shaukat
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Friday, 16 December 2011 15:29 |
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This article emphasises on the classification of the Fungi and Fungi-like organisms (FLOs) into phyla of a single kingdom Fungi. But the approach here is different from others; since the focus will b on the classification of fungi as well as the diseases caused by each group. Here... |
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Diseases Management of Crops |
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Written by http://www.krishiworld.com
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 16:54 |
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Quarantine: - The best way to control diseases is to exclude them from the area of sphere in which the host plants are being known. This method of exclusion enforced through certain legal measures is commonly known as quarantine. In India, Destructive Insects & Pests Act, was enacted in 1914... |
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