Sabah acts to check padi disease


  • Nation
  • Monday, 23 Oct 2006

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Agriculture Department officials are moving fast to contain a padi plant disease which has affected harvests by as much as 90%. 

The disease, being spread by green leafhoppers, has so far been detected in six villages in northern Kota Belud district, which is Sabah’s main rice bowl. 

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