Bakani disease affects Basmati rice crop – Photo : Self Expansion Bakani disease is making aromatic rice sick. Due to this disease, a 30 to 40 percent decline in Basmati production has been recorded in the last ten years. This has been revealed in a research done by Prof. Mujibur Rahman Khan, Head of the Plant Protection Department of AMU. According to his report, this disease has a greater effect on Basmati rice varieties 1121, 1509 and 1692 in Aligarh as well as Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Hathras, Kasganj, Mathura, Meerut,…
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