Sun. Mar 30th, 2025
  • A new disease of pea has been discovered by Haryana Agricultural University Scientists.
  • A new and potentially devastating disease affecting the pea crop has been identified by scientists from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University of Hisar.
  • The disease has been named “Witches’ Broom,” which is associated with the pathogen ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ (16SrI).
  • The new diseases in plants have been recognized by The American Phytopathological Society (APS), USA.
  • Scientists have accepted the report of this new disease and published it in their prestigious journal ‘Plant Disease’ as the first research report.
  • Scientists from Haryana Agricultural University are the first scientists in the world to discover this disease.

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University

  • It is a publicly funded agricultural university, which is the biggest agricultural university in Asia.
  • The university’s name was kept after India’s fifth Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It was founded on 2 February 1970.

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