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Source: The Financial Express [abridged, edited] https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/blast-disease-shatters-jashore-boro-farmers-dream-1618720396Rice farmers have been shattered by blast disease in Jashore …

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Source: NewsBeezer [abridged, edited] https://newsbeezer.com/Philippines/rice-tungsten-virus-disease-destroys-1000-hectares-of-rice-fields-in-albay/Approximately 1000 acres [about 405 ha] of rice fields …

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-02-eco-friendly-technique-rice-devastating-fungal.html by Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Researchers have developed a new technique to protect rice seeds against fungal infections that can ruin up …

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210111112220.htm

Source:

Graz University of Technology

Summary:

Researchers were able to demonstrate how a specific bacterium inside the seeds of rice plants effectively and in an eco-friendly …

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Source: The Arunachal Times [edited] https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2020/09/13/siang-valley-paddy-farmers-in-distress-as-rice-insect-pests-inflict-massive-damage/More than half of the total area under wet rice …

CO2 Science http://www.co2science.org/articles/V23/sep/a4.php

Paper Reviewed

Dorneles, K.R., Refatti, J.P., Pazdiora, P.C., de Avila, L.A., Deuner, S. and Dallagnol, L.J. 2020. Biochemical defenses of rice against Bipolaris oryzae increase …

Carbon Brief

https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-climate-change-could-accelerate-the-threat-of-crop-diseases

As the global population has increased, humankind has placed increased demands on the planet for land, food and water. Agricultural …

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-03-chemistry-crops-fungal-disease.html

Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security.

Currently, we protect our crops against fungal disease by spraying them with anti-fungal …

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-10-team-dangerous-diseases-rice.html

by Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf

Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-46688-6

AbstractPesticides are commonly used in food crop production systems to control crop pests and diseases and ensure maximum yield with high market value. However, the accumulation of these …