Cane Development Activities
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Programme for Varietal Balance : |
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- Switch over the area under early ripening high sugared varieties.
- Various incentives schemes on the propagation of promising varieties.
- Organizing programme under Institute-Industry-Interface.
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| Programme for Increasing the Yield.
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- Encourage farmers for higher production through various incentive schemes i.e. Tractor and Farm Implements.
- Ratoon Management
- Organising Demonstration trials.
- Provision of distributing stubble shaver to farmers for proper harvesting of cane.
- Organise training program for transfer the technology from Research Station to farmer’s field.
- Arranging the facilities for soil testing.
- Organising the trials on the application of micro nutrients.
- Conducting the trials to promote application of Bio-manure i.e. SOM, PROM .
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| Programme for Selection of High Quality Clones . |
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- Check the suitability of high sugared clones in the local environment.
- Organizing the varietals trials on ensuing varieties.
- Variety-wise cane growth observation.
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| Integrated Seed Production Programme through Nurseries. |
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- Selection of fields where crop rotation was adopted.
- Selection of standing seed crop free from insect-pest and diseases.
- Discard sets having red discoloration at cut-end.
- Seed treatment through Moist Hot Air Therapy at 54 0 C for 4 hours to avoid Grassy Shoot Disease, Ratoon Stunting
- Disease, Leaf Scald, Mosaic and other Seed borne diseases.
- Sets treatment with Chemicals i.e. Bavastin.
- Soil treatment / Setts treatment with Bio-Agent to avoid Red-rot and Wilt.
- Using of need base weedicides.
- Application of need base irrigation and fertilizers.
- Roguing of infected plants and spot application of Bleaching Powders.
- Using Furadan-3G in the end of June against 3rd brood of Top Borer.
- Need base Earthing and proping up to avoid the cane lodging.
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| Effective Control Measures of Insect-Pest and Diseases. |
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Through insecticides and pesticides:
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- Arranging good quality Insecticides and Pesticides to farmers at subsidized rate.
- Conducting various campaign time to time for effective control measures.
- Contributing the subsidy to Cane Development Council on the distribution of Insecticides, Pesticides and Agriculture Equipment.
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Through Biological Control:
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| Research and Development Programme : |
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- Establishment of Biological Lab for rearing the parasite / fungal to control various borers and diseases.
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(i) Trichogramma chilonis - Egg Parasite of Top Borer and Stalk Borer.
(ii) Sturmiopsis inferens - Larval Parasite of Borers.
(iii) Cotesia flaipus – Larval Parasite of Stalk Borer.
(iv) Trichoderma viridi - For Control of Wilt.
(v) Chitomium globusum – For Control of Red-rot.
(vi) Bevaria vessiana - For Control of Wooly aphids.
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| Extension Programme : |
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- Organising the seminar / workshop to educate the farmers about modern technique of sugarcane husbandry.
- Organising farmers meets to introduce new varieties and agriculture implements.
- Kisan ghosthi / village meeting to motivate the farmers about the all development programme of factory.
- Organising farmers’ tours to Research Centers to understand better practices of growing sugarcane.
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| Rural Development Programme |
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- Cleaning of drains at Simbhaoli sugar plant area to over come the water logging problem in about 40% of command area by regular cleaning of 100 Kms. drains.
- Laying of Hume pipes for the repair and constructions of passage / culvert.
- Constructions of approach link roads.
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