A new disease of pea has been discovered by Haryana Agricultural University Scientists

• 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.