‘Tiranga’ virus destroys 60 pc tomato crop in India

Mumbai: Even as Indian reels under the Covid-19 effect, another unknown virus has invaded the tomato crop in Maharashtra. About 60 per cent of the crop in the State has been destroyed in the last 10 days.



Agricultural Experts at the local agriculture university, are studying the reasons for the outbreak along with State government officials but the virus remains unidentified, The Hindu newspaper has reported.

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