A workshop on the revision of package of Farming Practices Recommendations conducted by the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has highlighted pest and disease management using bio-agents and eco-friendly crop production technologies.
For food crops, the workshop recommended the usage of low dose of green label chemicals such as chlorantraniliprole and fipronil, bio-control agents such as bacillus thuringiensis and herbicides such as fenoxaprop, azimsulfuron, penoxsulam and ethoxysulfuron for integrated pest and disease management.
Guidelines for organic cultivation in homesteads and practices for cultivation of cool season vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower and onion in the plains, technology for induction of flowering in mango, control of loranthus and cultivation practices of pineapple variety kew were also approved by the workshop.
New machines for post harvest technologies pertaining to banana, tubers, jackfruit and coconut were presented at the workshop.
Scientists from the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management and the KAU presented technologies, while field officers participated in the deliberations.
