Increasing temperatures across western Uttar Pradesh are emerging as a major concern for sugarcane growers, with pest infestations spreading rapidly in fields and threatening crop productivity. Farmers in Meerut and several neighbouring districts are reporting a rise in attacks by pests such as top borer, root borer, black bug, thrips and grasshoppers. The infestation is raising fears of yield losses, especially after similar pest attacks led to…
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