Summer showers have facilitated the prospects of
production of green manure seeds this season at the Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University’s Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and
Research Institute at Navalur Kuttapattu near here.
A
sprawling area of 20 acres had been brought under the seed cultivation
technique under the National Agriculture Development Programme (NADP)
with a view to supplying green manure seeds to needy farmers.
The
institute has cultivated daincha on its fields and is all ready for
supplying daincha seeds to farmers in course of time. “Nitrogen fixation
is the main advantage of the daincha in its root nodules,” says P.
Pandiyarajan, Dean of the Institute, showing sharp nodules at the end of
the roots of the plant where nitrogen has been fixed. The utilisation
of the daincha seeds minimises the use of chemical fertiliser to a great
extent.
On the advantages of the seeds, T. Eevera,
Assistant Professor of Seeds Science Technology of the Institute, says
that the use of daincha seeds would enrich soil fertility.
The
growth of earthworm would be further strengthened through the seeds.
The recent showers have stabilised the growth of the plants on the
campus of the institute.
S.K. Ganesh, Professor and
Head of Plant Breeding and Genetics, said that the duration of the plant
to produce seeds was 110 days.
The Dean said that
the institute would supply the seeds to the needy farmers during the
middle of June. On an average, the production would be 200 kg an acre.
Farmers would require about 8 kg an acre.
Source : The Hindu
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