First Plant Disease Clinic to Aid Farmers Opened in Bangladesh
Friday, June 20, 2008 - 04:35
in Biology & Nature
Farmers in Bangladesh battling outbreaks of leaf blight and insect pests are now getting expert help from Southeast Asia's first plant disease identification clinic, established by an American plant pathologist with funding from the U.S.D.A.
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