Different host crops growing areas

Rice crop accounts for nearly a third of the total area under food grains in India and is the staple food for a significant portion of the world‟s population. Widely varying factors influence the growth of rice in different rice growing areas and render the crop susceptible to various pathogenic and non-pathogenic diseases, resulting in extensive damage of grain and straw yield. Bacterial leaf blight disease of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a serious menace to rice production in India, besides other rice producing countries.

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An interactive survey was conducted during 2016-17 to document insecticide usage pattern adopted by the farmers of Karnataka state to manage polyphagous pest Helicoverpa armigera in different host crops growing areas. Among the different group of insecticides the most popular amongst the farmers were emamectin benzoate 5 SG (39.44 %), rynaxypyr 18.5 SC (27.22 %) and profenophos 50 EC (23.89 %). The dominant host crops for H. armigera different in the state were cotton, pigeonpea in Raichur and Kalaburgi, chickpea (Gadag), chilli (Haveri) and tomato (Kolar).

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Survey was conducted at dough stage to assess the spot blotch disease of wheat in different locations of Jammu sub-tropics during 2015 cropping seasons. The disease was reported in all the wheat growing areas of Jammu subtropics with the maximum AIDX observed in Kathua district with the range of 29.55-48.15 per cent, followed by Samba ranging from 29.28-45.82 per cent.

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