Nawanshahr - All officers and employees of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar are continuously conducting field visits. and sensitizing farmers about paddy and basmati pests. Giving this information, Mr. Dapinder Singh, Chief Agricultural Officer, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, said that the attack of brown and white-backed thrips has been seen on paddy fields at Sahungra, Dharampur, Saroa, Block Saroa.
These insects suck the juice from the leaves and then move to the adjacent plants. The cheese turns yellow and dries up in the stems. Dwarf disease occurred in the paddy crop two years ago because of the above locusts The vectors of which were these two insects. Therefore, farmers should coordinate with their Block Agriculture Office and spray approved medicines like Chess, Omin or Paxalone etc. from PAU Ludhiana. On this occasion, the Chief Agriculture Officer appealed to the farmers to plant modified seeds to prevent flag disease in Basmati.