Photo of a paddy field Dhaka TribuneThe severity of the disease causes reduction in grain yieldFarmers who cultivated the BRRI-28 rice variety in Nilphamari and Feni are worried about their output this Boro season, as blast disease has been detected on their crops. But the blast disease infected most of it within a short time and left him in despair, despite a bumper harvest. "Neck blast disease only attacks the BRRI-28 variety of rice. Farmers in Parshuram upazila of Feni have begun harvesting their paddy and blast disease has affected some of them so far. I was about to begin harvest within a few days but most of my crops were damaged due to the blast disease."

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 17, 2020 16:07 UTC