Farmers told to adopt new cane varieties for better productivity, disease resistance
The ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute in Coimbatore has urged farmers to adopt new sugarcane varieties to improve productivity and disease resistance. Officials say replacing older varieties with improved ones like Co 18009 can help boost yields and strengthen farmers’ income sustainability.
The ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI), Coimbatore, has advocated adoption of new and improved cane varieties by cultivators for better productivity and disease resistance.
Old varieties tend to lose productivity over time, become susceptible to diseases, and reduce the sugarcane farmers’ income, Institute Director P. Govindaraj explained, distributing seed material of Co 18009 and extension literature to participants of the field day on the recently released mid-late maturing variety, in a farmer’s frontline demonstration (FLD) plot at Kanjappalli village, Annur Taluk, in Coimbatore district on Thursday.
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Source : The Hindu
