300 acres of tomato crop was completely destroyed due to the attack of TLCV virus

The cost of tomatoes this year has ruined the kitchen budget, yet many tomato producers have also made a lot of money. In only one year of planting, tomatoes brought them lakhpatis, but the TLCV virus infection in the Chanoa region of Sagar district has destroyed almost 300 acres of produce. Currently, just 20 to 30 percent of these crops are grown. Farmers who have spent lakhs are suffering enormous losses in this scenario.

renowned for growing tomatoes

Let us tell you that the Chanoa area has been known for producing tomatoes for the past 50 years. Because of the hills and two clay soils in the area, there is a bumper crop, and traders from Bundelkhand and other states come here to buy tomatoes for a year. The tomatoes are so well-known that the chief minister and minister have frequently announced plans to establish a ketchup plant here.

The output of crops is being impacted.

Tomato plants’ leaves are becoming smaller as a result of this illness. Tomato output is impacted as a result. According to Tulsiram Patel, a farmer from the Chanua, Parasia, Bachalon, and other areas, he planted tomato seeds on 20 acres, but the crop has already been totally destroyed.

The crop is four months old, but two months later, when it was ready to fruit, it contracted TLCV virus, often known as Kukra disease. Tulsiram Patel, a farmer, claims that while he has spent Rs. 1.25 lakh per acre, the illness has impacted tomato productivity, resulting in just forty to fifty thousand rupees per acre to far. Even the cost of seeds and fertilizer won’t be recouped because of the tomato crop’s damage.

Last year, there was also a defeat.

According to local farmer Sharman Patel, farmers in the region had tomato losses last year as well. About four hundred acres of cropland had been impacted by blight disease after the collapse of Mawath last year. The crop was burnt as a result of the yellow acid that dropped with the rain. Approximately 250–250 acres of cropland in the region had been impacted by the Kukra disease this year. Because the Kukra disease is affecting the crop and the tomatoes being produced are of poor quality, the price is not being obtained. The second harvest won’t be available for two to three months.