What is Bakanae Disease of Rice? The term “Bakanae” is derived from Japanese, meaning “foolish seedling,” and the Bakanae disease of rice is distributed worldwide. It is both a seed-borne and soil-borne disease. The rice (Oryza sativa L.) disease known as “foolish seedling,” or Bakanae disease of rice, is spread generally by seeds. Grain yield can significantly reduce […]

What is Zinc Deficiency? The most lacking micronutrient in soils globally is zinc. According to research, 49% of the world’s agriculturally significant soils have insufficient zinc levels, which causes a third of the world’s population to suffer from zinc insufficiency (Sillanpää, 1990; Cakmak et al., 2010). This shortage affects millions of hectares of agriculture, majorly