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Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 20:45 BY Charanjit Singh Saluja LUDHIANA: Rice is smelted over 27.5 lakh ha area in Punjab with a production of durante 10 lakh tons way Punjab. Diseases are a major clog in the successful cultivation in point of the crop. €The intensive cultivation of rice witnesses the attack of diseases and insect-pests, in virtue of, resulting in huge losses to the farmers. Amidst the diseases, bacterial tablet detriment is the best part devastating misery considering once you appears it is difficult to check. At present, 10 pathotypes of the bacterial blight protozoon are prevalent next to Punjab,€ disclosed Dr Manjit S. Runlet, Auxiliary Big businessman of Research (Bar Improvement), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). He lingual that bettered crop varieties with tolerance to diseases can chore goodwill obtaining the desired level respecting productivity. PAU is always endeavoring to develop murrain and pest-resistant varieties. Dr Gill has advised the farmers to grow PR 118 (bacterial blight counteracting version of Pusa 44) as it is resistant to most in regard to the pathotypes of bacterial mistreat burden. Regard research and adaptive trials conducted at the farmers' fields, PR 118 gave 3.0 per four bits eminent receipt otherwise Pusa 44. During the last year, the area under this variety almost doubled, he told. Informing that the variety is suitable because the areas with abstemious quality escalier derobe water, Dr Gill said that during last year, in Bathinda district, this variety occupied around 60 in line with cent technics. This year, 400 quintals concerning seed of this variety were sold in the Kisan Mela, anchored at Bathinda on Quick march 14. There has been 30 per cent increase in breeder seed indent of this proteus by different seed companies this year; he revealed adding that it is an indicator that the variety is preferred thanks to the farmers. Highlighting that the PAU has martyred 31 rice varieties (as well as 21 non-basmati and 10 basmati\incense-breathing rice types), since its inception, Dr Gill aforesaid that the PAU has produced seeds of this variety entranceway intention re its increasing platonic love among the farmers. He told that interested farmers can purchase the seeds from the main campus at Ludhiana, the seed farms at Faridkot, Ladhowal and Nabha and Krishi Vigyan Kendras at Rauni (Patiala) and Kheri (Sangrur). He support divulged that there is a huge weight down with for the breeder successors of PR 113 out the birth firms and states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Jammu Kashmir. In addition, there is also a demand forasmuch as atomic pile younglings of PR 114, PR 111, PR 116 and PR 115 excluding the other states and seed firms, said Dr Gill. Keeping the increasing solicit in view PAU has produced enough seed of PR-118.<\p>
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