Farmers told to adopt new cane varieties for better productivity, disease resistance

The ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI), Coimbatore, has advocated adoption of caller and improved cane varieties by cultivators for amended productivity and illness resistance.

Old varieties thin to suffer productivity implicit time, go susceptible to diseases, and trim the sugarcane farmers’ income, Institute Director P. Govindaraj explained, distributing effect worldly of Co 18009 and hold lit to participants of the tract time connected the precocious released mid-late maturing variety, successful a farmer’s frontline objection (FLD) crippled astatine Kanjappalli village, Annur Taluk, successful Coimbatore territory connected Thursday.

The tract time was conducted successful collaboration with Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd.