Plant Diseases and Pests, Growing Threats to Food Security of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Plant Diseases and Pests, Growing Threats to Food Security of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Aqleem Abbas1, Mustansar Mubeen2, Waqar Younus1, Qaiser Shakeel3, Yasir Iftikhar2*, Sonum Bashir2, Muhammad Ahmad Zeshan2 and Azhar Hussain1
Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Major diseases and pests of GB. PVY (A), PLRV (B), Late Blight (C,D), Smut of grass (E), Smut of maize crop (F), Early Blight of tomatoes (G,H), Powdery mildew of cucumbers (I), Apples are infested by a pest (J), Fruit fly infestation of peaches (K) and Cuscuta spp. parasitizing potatoes (L).