1.   Mower blades should be sharp to avoid tearing the cut ends of grass, which can make them brown and vulnerable to pest attack.

2.   Bumper production of boro paddy is expected in the country this season due to favourable climatic condition, timely rainfall and less pest attack.

3.   Deputy agriculture minister Dickson Matatu said the pest attacks harvested grain.

4.   Karban studies the physical responses of plants to pest attacks.

5.   Since switching to organic farming, they have been constantly studying ways to enrich the soil and trying a variety of inter-cropping to minimise pest attacks.

6.   Experts said that in addition to pest attacks, the area under cotton cultivation also shrank, contributing to the fall in production.