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Farmers from different parts of the district and adjoining ones converged in large numbers at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University here to participate in the annual Farmers' Day celebrations, which took off to a colourful start this morning.
After a tour of the exhibition, Mr K.A. Sengottaiyan, Tamil Nadu Minister for Agriculture and Chancellor of the Farm Varsity, released the new crop varieties, farm implements and technologies and honoured five farmers, who were recipients of the Velan Chemmal award.
The awardees include Mr K. Meganathan (Thiruvaroor District) for achieving high productivity, Mr S. Doraiswamy (Karur District) for farm mechanisation, Mr S. Arul Michael Henry (Kanyakumari District) for organic farming practices, Mr P. Pothiraj (Ramnathapuram District) for dryland farming and Mr A .Marudhanayagam (Madurai District) for water management techniques.
Earlier, he released 7 new crop varieties including two horticultural crops, three farm implements and six management technologies. Dr P. Murugesa Boopathi, TNAU Vice Chancellor, said that the University has commercialised 193 technologies till date.
The TNAU Rice ADT 49 (unveiled today) is medium slender, white rice, moderately resistant to blast, sheath rot, sheath blight under artificial conditions and resistant to leaf folder and brown spot under field conditions. The yield potential of this 130 -137 day crop is 6173 kg a hectare and recommended for cultivation in all districts across the State except Virudhunagar, Ramnad, Sivaganga and the Nilgiris.
TNAU Rice Hybrid CO4, a medium duration hybrid with yield potential of 7348 kg a ha is suitable for cultivation as transplanted hybrid rice throughout the State except those districts as stated above.
TNAU Blackgram VBN 6, a 65 to 70 days crop with average yield of 871 kg a ha is suited for both rain-fed and irrigated conditions while TNAU Sorghum Hybrid CO 5 — a dry fodder with crop duration of 95 to 100 days has been recommended for cultivation in all sorghum cultivating districts in the State.
TNAU Cumbu Hybrid CO 9 is a 75-80 day crop. The highest yield obtained is said to be 4950 kg a ha.
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