Guwahati, June 9 -- Reported by Mrinal Banik

Agartala: Rubber growers in Tripura have been advised to adopt improved disease-management practices, including drone-based fungicide spraying, following the outbreak of a fungal infection that affected rubber plantations in the state last year.

According to experts, the fungal infection causes falling of leaves on a large scale leading to adverse impact on the overall production of latex and its quality. It is observed that the infection was induced by climate change.

The issue was discussed at a rubber growers' conference held here on Monday, where representatives of the rubber industry and scientists shared experiences and technological interventions aimed at protecting plantations from l...