Punjab: After heavy rain, farmers in Sangrur, Barnala now battling paddy diseases, yield loss

Paddy crop hit by false smut, a fungal disease that replaces the rice grain with yellow spore balls on the panicle (flowering head), rendering it unfit for consumption or sale Paddy crop hit by false smut, a fungal disease that replaces the rice grain with yellow spore balls on the panicle (flowering head), rendering it unfit for consumption or sale