Root rotting disease
Garlic growers severely affected in Kawnia UZ
Rangpur Correspondent :
Garlic growers in Kawnia upazila under the district are apprehensive as the cultivation of the spicy crop is severely been affected on account of root rotting disease. The disease is causing massive damage to many garlic fields at different villages of the upazila this season before the eyes of the helpless farmers. It decomposes the root and bulb and withers the plants of the crop and ultimately the plants die, it is alleged.
A number of farmers alleged that if necessary steps are not taken immediately they might not achieve expected yield of the produce during the current season.
Azizar Rahman (58), a farmer of Char Thakurdas village said that he cultivated the crop on 30 decimals of land this season with the hope to earn good profit. But his hopes got shattered when he found more than 70 percent of his field got damaged because of the disease.
Nuru Mia (45), another garlic grower of Nazirdaho village in the Upazila said around 50 percent of his 40 decimal of land have been damaged owing to the disease. Plants are getting dry and roots are rotting rapidly. He sprayed medicine several times but got no benefit, he said.
Finding no other alternatives many growers are harvesting their produce much early this year and consequently they are not getting expected yield, sources alleged.
Expressing frustration a number of growers told The New Nation that this year market price of the crop is much satisfactory but low production of it, caused by disease made the cultivators disheartened, they also said.
Upazila Agriculture Office sources said yellow tips and plants are such a common garlic phenomenon that can be caused by severe winter, a warm spell, followed by a freezing spell, nutrient deficiencies , too much or too little water and fungal growth. Farmers are being given necessary advices to combat the disease.
Garlic growers in Kawnia upazila under the district are apprehensive as the cultivation of the spicy crop is severely been affected on account of root rotting disease. The disease is causing massive damage to many garlic fields at different villages of the upazila this season before the eyes of the helpless farmers. It decomposes the root and bulb and withers the plants of the crop and ultimately the plants die, it is alleged.
A number of farmers alleged that if necessary steps are not taken immediately they might not achieve expected yield of the produce during the current season.
Azizar Rahman (58), a farmer of Char Thakurdas village said that he cultivated the crop on 30 decimals of land this season with the hope to earn good profit. But his hopes got shattered when he found more than 70 percent of his field got damaged because of the disease.
Nuru Mia (45), another garlic grower of Nazirdaho village in the Upazila said around 50 percent of his 40 decimal of land have been damaged owing to the disease. Plants are getting dry and roots are rotting rapidly. He sprayed medicine several times but got no benefit, he said.
Finding no other alternatives many growers are harvesting their produce much early this year and consequently they are not getting expected yield, sources alleged.
Expressing frustration a number of growers told The New Nation that this year market price of the crop is much satisfactory but low production of it, caused by disease made the cultivators disheartened, they also said.
Upazila Agriculture Office sources said yellow tips and plants are such a common garlic phenomenon that can be caused by severe winter, a warm spell, followed by a freezing spell, nutrient deficiencies , too much or too little water and fungal growth. Farmers are being given necessary advices to combat the disease.