Farmers report yield losses of 15 to 20 percent as the disease spreads through paddy fields, with symptoms appearing after the plants develop panicles. Farmers in Palpa district are facing losses ...
Farmers report yield losses of 15 to 20 percent as the disease spreads through paddy fields, with symptoms appearing after the plants develop panicles.
Farmers in Palpa district are facing losses just as they prepare to harvest their rice crops, with a fungal disease known locally as kalopoke spreading through fields planted with various hybrid rice varieties.
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