Sri Lanka tea under threat from pests, fungal outbreaks, weeds due to agro-chemical ban

Sri Lanka's tea crop could fall sharply from weeds, outbreaks by pests and fungus due to an agro-chemical ban adding to problems from fertilizer, an industry official said.

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