Srinagar, Oct. 29 -- The Minister for Agriculture Production Department Javid Ahmad Dar today said that a total of 15,51,863 fruit plants were imported by the empanelled agencies to Jammu and Kashmir during last two years. The Minister said this while replying to a question raised by Legislator Shabir Ahmad Kullay in the Legislative Assembly today. He said that the majority of imports comprise apple varieties such as gala, red delicious, and their improved strains, besides apple plants, limited quantities of walnut plants, and cherry apple root-stock have also been imported. The Minister said that the Leaf Minor pest has shown a surge in past two to three years due to recent climatic changes, besides there has been a notable resurgence an...