P Jonathan Ambrose ENS IF New Delhi Metallo-betalactamase (NDM-1)is the latest superbug that is threatening humans, crops too have their share of superbugs. One of them is Papaya Millibug, a pest which has reportedly destroyed most of the crops in Puducherry and southern Tamil NaduCoimbatore, Erode and Tirupattur. N Ganesh of CEAD, an NGO that works with the farmers of the Thavaluppam area, is among those whose crops, mainly brinjal, have been one of the worst affected in that area. He attributes the superbug phenomenon in crops to overuse of pesticides and disease called Sapathi (in Tamil).