20 cane development inspectors attended the training programme
Regional Research Station, Kapurthala organised a one-day training programme for cane officials of the Cooperative Sugar Mills of Punjab. 20 cane development inspectors attended the training programme.
Dr Paramjit Singh, Director, RRS Kapurthala, emphasised that rigorous and continuous efforts are required to improve productivity and sugar recovery in times to come.
Dr GS Sanghera, Principal Sugarcane Breeder and Dr Navdeep Singh Jamwal, Breeder presented the present status of sugarcane varieties in the state and informed the participants regarding sugarcane varieties suitable for autumn and spring planting and their key characteristics for identification, production and protection. Dr Onkar Singh, Dr Rajinder Pal, (Agronomists) and Dr Rajan Bhatt (Soil Scientist) deliberated improved cultivation practices for sugarcane crops with special emphasis on intercropping and told them regarding judicious use of fertilisers in sugarcane.
Dr Rajinder Kumar and Dr Anoosha (Entomologists) shared the information on the judicious use of insecticides for the management of insect pests in sugarcane crops. Dr Anuradha (Plant Pathologist) discussed the management of different diseases in sugarcane.
Dr Lenika Kashyap (Biochemist) proposed the vote of thanks and discussed the processing of sugarcane for quality jaggery production.
