The Scientists from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University of Hisar have identified a new and potentially devastating disease named “Witches’ Broom” affecting pea crops.
- The disease is associated with the pathogen ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ (16SrI).
- The American Phytopathological Society (APS), USA, which recognizes new diseases in plants, has accepted and published the report of this new disease by the scientists in its prestigious journal ‘Plant Disease’ as the first research report.
- Scientists from the Haryana Agricultural University are the first in the world to discover this disease.
