Boxwood blight is a fatal plant pathogen on boxwoods in the landscape and commercial industry. DNR nursery inspectors have recently made multiple discoveries of infected holiday greenery at garden centers around the state. Symptoms of infected boxwood leaves include dark-brown leaf spots with a tan center. Eventually, leaves turn brown from the tip down and
Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir conducted a one-day program, ‘Mass Awareness cum Farmer-Scientist Interaction on Apple Blotch Leaf Miner’ in district Shopian.
The program was organised by the SKUAST-K’s Division of Entomology, Faculty of Horticulture, under the ‘Minimisation of Pesticide Use in Agriculture’ Project of the Holistic Agriculture Development Program (HADP).
Additional District Development Commissioner, Dr Nasir