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Newer plant viruses resistant to pesticides have caused the prices of daily essentials like tomatoes, ginger, and tur dal to rise. The production of other crops like ginger, capsicum, chillies, papaya, and tur dal has also been affected by newer pests and diseases, leading to increased pest problems. High input cost crops like tomatoes and capsicum are abandoned by farmers when they face losses due to price crashes or plant diseases.
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Newer plant viruses resistant to most pesticides are one of the reasons for the rising prices of daily essentials like tomatoes, ginger and tur dal. While tomato growers have been struggling to control new viruses for about a decade now, production of ginger, capsicum, chillies, papaya and this year's tur dal have also been affected due to newer pests and diseases, farmers and experts said. When tomato prices crashed , farmers reduced spraying on the crops to cut losses. This led to increased pests, said Ajay Belhekar, a tomato grower from Pune district. In high input cost ...
Source: Economic times
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