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SKUAST-Jammu holds campaign on yellow rust 1/22/2015 11:25:27 PM Early Times Report REASI, Jan 22: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Reasi of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Jammu organised campaign on yellow rust disease of wheat at Tanda of Reasi district. More than 20 farmers participated in the programme. Dr. Banarsi Lal, Subject Matter Specialist, Agri. Extension warmly welcome the farmers and aware them about the yellow rust of wheat. He narrated that from the last three years this very disease which is caused by Puccinnia strerriformis fungus has been causing huge loss to the crop resulting in low wheat production and very few farmers adopt the remedial measures to control this disease. Dr. Shahid Ahamad, Programme Coordinator, Reasi gave some recommendations to manage yellow rust in wheat crop. He recommended 2-3 sprays of Tilt propiconazole (1ml/litre of water) to protect the wheat crop from this chronic disease of wheat which causes a severe loss to the crop in the district. Dr.Banarsi suggested some disease resistant varieties of wheat. Dr. Banarsi further said that this very fungus is mostly found in the poplar fields.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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