Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent :
Farmers of Pabna’s Ishwardi have been disappointed by the sudden attack of leaf blight and majra insect.
They are worried about crop failure. Aman paddy has been planted on 3,660 hectares of land in the upazila this season due to favorable weather conditions. Several types of insect attacks started due to the waterlogging of the paddy fields due to several rounds of heavy rains. Farmers are advised in this regard.
The green leaves of Aman rice are swaying in the autumn breeze. At the same time, the farmer’s colourful dream is swinging. After a few months, field after field will sparkle with golden rice grains.
Then the empty shell will be filled with rice. This time in the upazila different varieties of Aman rice including Bri-87, Bri-49, Bri-51-52, Bri-95, Bri-103, Bina-17, Bina-7, Bina-23 varieties have been cultivated.
Farmers said that since the weather was favorable in the beginning, the farmers were very optimistic about the yield of Aman rice. But recently three or four rounds of heavy rain caused extensive waterlogging in the paddy field and various kinds of insects have attacked.
In particular, rice plants have been severely affected by leaf blight disease and the attack of leafhoppers. Now the paddy plant is about 35-40 days old.
First appear as small watermarks on the edges of the leaves of rice plants and on the leaves. These spots gradually enlarge along the edges of the leaves or move inwards, the affected part fades and turns grayish brown in colour. What appears to be burns or burns. Also some rice leaves are curling and turning brown.
Spraying pesticides is not getting much benefit. So this time the farmers are fearing the failure of Aman rice yield.
Muladuli farmer Raihanul said, I can see such a disease of Aman rice that the leaves are slowly burning from the bottom. What we call burn disease. This burn disease has appeared all over the field.