Rust Resistant Strain of Korra.The Korra crop in the Ceded districts is invariably susceptible to the disease known as rust,characterized by rusty brown apots on the leaves.In certain seasons.when the intensity of the disease is high.the yield of the crop is considerably reduced.A selection S.I.3756 evolved at the Millet Breeding Station.Coimbatore.has been found 'to comparatively resist the diseases better than the local.Tests that were conducted for the past three seasons in the Bellary district have conclusively proved its suitability to resist the disease and yield higher than the local.Seeds of this strain can be had from the Superintendent Agricultural Research Station,Hagari(Bellary District).
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