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Hyderabad, May 6

Bayer BioScience Private Limited has launched the rice hybrid called Arize Dhani that offers high resistance to bacterial leaf blight (BLB), which causes significant losses to paddy farmers. BLB is caused by a bacterium called xanthomonas oryzae pathovar oryzae that is estimated to cause an annual economic loss of about six million tonnes of paddy in India. Mr Mahesh Kumar Girdhar, Head of Bayer BioScience (India), said the disease resulted in yield losses up to 20-60 per cent annually in the kharif season. BLB affected up to 7 million hectares of paddy growing area. It hits the plant and scuttles growth, causing wilting of seedlings, yellowing and drying of leaves. With no effective cure available, the paddy farmers are generally left with huge yield losses. “The new hybrid could combat BLB effectively, ensuring better productivity and profitability,” Mr Girdhar claimed here in a press release.The product was launched in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. . –

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