date:Jan 08, 2020
crop yield even more in the coming days. High moisture content due to the cold led to the infection, while stubble buried in the field added to the cause, said the deputy director horticulture department, Naresh Kumar. He added that potato has been sown on about 1 lakh hectare24,000 hectare in Jalandhar and 15, 000 hectare in Hoshiarpur in the state. And as of now, more than 10% of the crop has been affected in the region, he said.
The first symptoms of late blight appear as small, light to da