Speaking to TNIE, Subburaj, joint director of agriculture department, Madurai said, “Bacterial blight in paddy and algae formation was noticed in several parts. Infestation was curbed in fields ...

Madurai: Madurai collector M S Sangeetha has directed agriculture department officials to study the weeds and blight menace in paddy crop in ... is a severe virus and bacterial attack on the ...

The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has advised farmers not to transplant seedlings of Boro paddy during the cold ...