{"id":87187,"date":"2020-03-10T14:43:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T09:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14178"},"modified":"2020-03-10T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T09:13:46","slug":"sahyadri-megha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sahyadri-megha\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahyadri Megha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences(UAHS) has developed \u2018Sahyadri Megha\u2019,to prevent decline in the area under paddy cultivation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sahyadri Megha is a new red variety of paddy that is resistant to blast disease and rich in nutrients.<\/li><li>It was developed under the hybridization breeding method by cross-breeding \u2018Jyothi\u2019 variety with that of \u2018Akkalu\u2019, a native disease-resistant and protein-rich paddy variety.<\/li><li>The new variety will also cater to the strong demand for red rice, rich in fibre and protein by health-savvy consumers in urban areas.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Blast disease:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Blast is a fungal disease caused due to Magnaporthe oryzae.The disease is also known as rotten neck or rice fever.<\/li><li>It is reported from 80 rice-growing countries.First recorded in India during 1918.<\/li><li>The disease infects paddy at all growth stages and all aerial parts of plant.The expected grain loss is around 70 to 80%.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences(UAHS) has developed \u2018Sahyadri Megha\u2019,to prevent decline in the area under paddy cultivation. Facts: About: Sahyadri Megha is a new red variety of paddy that is resistant to blast disease and rich in nutrients. It was developed under the hybridization breeding method by cross-breeding \u2018Jyothi\u2019 variety with that of \u2018Akkalu\u2019,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sahyadri-megha\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sahyadri Megha<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4935],"class_list":["post-87187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-sahyadri-megha","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700404000},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}