TNAU obtains patent for lever-operated sugarcane mother shoot cutter
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has come out with a lever-operated sugarcane mother shoot cutter for Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI).
Removal of the mother shoot being one of the main principles of SSI to get even tillers, the new equipment helps in cutting the plant just one inch above the ground after the establishment of sugarcane seedlings.