Crop Pests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in open near an educational instituion, Konnagar, Hooghly, West Bengal, 13/11/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Srikanta Samanta Vs State of West Bengal dated 13/11/2024. The matter related to a dumping ground located near the southern boundary wall of the Nabagram Hiralal Pau College, Konnagar, Hooghly which is posing a serious environmental …

Mango exports may fall on low output

Kalpesh Damor & Siddharth Kalhans / Ahmadabad/ Lucknow May 6, 2009, 0:53 IST Reasons: Pest attack, adverse climate, global recession Mango ouput may fall by almost 20 per cent since the crop suffered damages this year. Initial estimates by the agriculture ministry suggest that crop output may be lower by …

Has climate change arrived in Nagaland?

KOHIMA, May 5: Warmer summers and increase in the number of pests like locusts in the fields and mosquitos in urban areas may be a pointer that climate change has already arrived in Nagaland. During July-September many places in the state witnessed locusts invading localities in the evenings when lights …

Embracing new technologies (Editorial)

Speaking at a seminar in Lahore the other day on "Challenges and started to experience food shortages. And experts say food scarcity is only going to get worse the world over in not-too-distant a future. Knowing that land is a finite resource, we must adopt timely measures to ensure our …

U.S. Sets Survey Of Organic Farming And Marketing

The U.S. government will make its first in-depth survey of organic farming this spring, an eight-page questionnaire on which crops and livestock are produced, how they are grown and where they are sold. Questionnaires will be mailed in early May with responses due by mail or Internet by June 17, …

Loss of proteins in cereals may lead to malnutrition

BHUBANESWAR: Climate change will not only have a single manifestation of rapid and unpredictable temperature rise, but also has tremendous impact on agriculture

Rambutan cultivators say crops affected by pests

The agriculture and plantations sectors in the country from the time of the coffee blight ravaged coffee plantations in the early 19th century have been affected by pests. The Mealy Bug or Piti Makuna is the latest that endangered the papaw cultivations in the country and spread to other crops. …

Bad weather, pest attack may lower wheat yield

Ludhiana: Woes of wheat growers refuse to end. First it was bad weather and now when the crop is on the threshold of harvest, heavy rains and the high velocity winds hit the state on Friday. Besides the inclement weather, the yellow rust has also crashed the state

Farmer commits suicide as blight affects crop

MIDNAPORE, Feb.12: Potato farmers in West Midnapore district are in dire straits as thousands of hectares of crop land have been hit by a pest epidemic. Due to significant loss incurred by the farmers, they will now face difficulties in repaying their loans. A farmer in Garbeta II block area …

Giant African snails wreak havoc in State

Hyderabad, Nov. 4: The Giant African Land Snail (GALS) menace is back in the state and this time showing a more devastating effect. According to the state forest department officials of Araku valley, Paderu and Anantagiri in Visakhapatnam district, Vizaianagaram border area and other Agency areas are the most affected. …

This beetles signature: bullet marks on trees

WORCESTER (Massachusetts): A wood-devouring beetle has gained a foothold in New England, U.S., and authorities plan to cut down large numbers of infested trees and grind them up to stop the pest from spreading to the region

Mighty caterpillars

little did farmers in Maharashtra know, or ever expect, that the thousands of rupees they invested in their soybean crop would be lost to countless colonies of caterpillars. The losses have shaken the region

Pest attack worries farmers, officials in Asom

GUWAHATI, Sep 24: A severe pest attack has damaged the paddy crop of Jorhat and Sivsagar district causing concern not only among the farmers but also agricultural department officials. Agricultural Information Officer Mowsom Hazarika today said reports had been obtained from the districts that paddy crops had been harmed by …

Scientists find a natural way to control mealy bug

Hisar, September 22 The farmers, especially cotton growers, will soon be able to control the pest attacks without using pesticides. The entomologists at HAU have come up with a natural control for the mealy bug- a pest of cotton crop which destroys crops every year.

Managing fruit borer menace in pomegranate

Pest incidence is more during rains Pomegranate faces a serious set back due to infestation by insect pests. The most obnoxious is Anar butterfly(Deodorex isocrates.) The larvae of this insect directly bore into the pomegranate fruit. There are no satisfactory control measures for the pest after it enters into the …

Mautam rats damage crops in Mizoram

Aizawl, July 31: Armies of rats have ravaged maize and other crops in Mizoram, agricultural officials said on wednesday. Aizawl district alone accounted for more than 20 percent of maize harvest loss after rats damaged crops, State Agriculture Department officials said after maize harvest at Phullen and surrounding villages in …

Pests on damaging-crop spree

KENDRAPARA: Swarming caterpillars (Leda) have damaged large tracts of paddy saplings in the district badly hitting economic backbone of thousands of farmers. "Help from the administration, however, is yet to reach the villagers more than three weeks after the first swarm of insects arrived here. The insects are black in …

Taking a leaf from the book of ancient, time-tested practices

M.J. PRABU Input cost has greatly decreased and yield has increased considerably

Estimation of losses due to insect-pests in Bt cotton

Losses caused due to different insect pests under field conditions on four transgenic cotton hybrids (RCH 134, RCH 317, MRC 6301 and MRC 6304) were estimated in three districts of Punjab viz. Mansa, Ferozepur and Bathinda.

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