Plan of action to root out parthenium

May 04, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:37 am IST - ERODE:

Agriculture Department has planned to create awareness to eradicate parthenium in Erode district. —Photo: M. Govarthan

Agriculture Department has planned to create awareness to eradicate parthenium in Erode district. —Photo: M. Govarthan

The Agriculture Department in the district has plans to create widespread awareness on eradication of parthenium weed.

A simple and proven method of mixing 20 per cent common salt to 10 litres of water and spraying the solution on the weed to destroy them completely would be demonstrated to farmers and other sections of the public shortly, sources said.

Menacing spread of parthenium weed in farms and the damage it has caused to productivity and biodiversity has to be addressed on a war footing, according to representatives of farming community.

The State Government had announced during 2011 that herbicides and bug, a Mexican beetle, to control parthenium would be distributed to farmers to drive the weed, but the initiative did not take off. The weed now in full flowering stage also causes dermatitis, asthma and other ailments. The Agriculture Department would mobilise people in villages taking the help of NGOs and other social organisations for widespread elimination of the weed, sources said.

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