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Bio-insecticide will be effective in preventing the outbreak of fruit flies in guava and mangoes.

Dr Seema Ramnivas and Dr Divya Singh of the Department for Research and Development, Chandigarh University have developed a bio-insecticide spray, which will be effective in preventing rotting of fruits. While giving information about Bio Insecticides, Dr Divya said that the use of chemicals to control fruit fly is harmful to the consumers, as it leaves a toxic residue on the fruits. In such a situation, this bio-pesticide developed by the university will prove to be a boon for consumers and gardeners, because it will not cause any harm to health due to its biological nature, while it will be effective in preventing the outbreak of fruit flies.

Fruits like guava and mango are cultivated in various states of India including Punjab. Guava is cultivated in an area of 8,000 hectares in Punjab alone, but the horticulture sector has been severely affected by the attack of fruit bees (Bactrocera dorsalis) in the past few decades. Most guava growers face low yields during the rainy season due to infestations of fruit flies and insects. Especially during the rainy season, fruit flies cause a loss of 27 to 42 per cent to the gardeners, while they have to suffer up to 80 percent of the loss during the rainy season. If Punjab is considered, then farmers of the state have to suffer up to 70 percent loss in fruit production due to not taking proper measures.

Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor, Chandigarh University said, “The bio-pesticide spray developed by the faculty of the university would prove to be effective in tackling the challenges faced by the fruit growers.” He further said that a budget provision of Rs 12 crore has been made by Chandigarh University to encourage its students towards research and as an institution. “We also have a responsibility towards the society and various projects have been started at the social level by the faculty and students of the university.”

Bio-insecticide will be effective in preventing the

Agro Universities, Agrotech, R&D

The technology originally developed in Canada including a true single pass- no tillage row unit is designed to eliminate stubble burning and tillage in India

In a significant development which seeks to eliminate these problems for the farmers and revolutionise the agriculture sector of India forever, Canadian agricultural technology pioneer Clean Seed Agricultural Technologies is going to bring to India its advanced planting and seeding technology having far-reaching impact on the agricultural practices, gains and replenishment.

Developed over the past 10 years and patented by Clean Seed world-wide as well as in India, this globally proven seeding and planting technology is aimed at addressing key production and sustainability issues rampant in Indian agriculture. The innovative, modular, row by row technology originally developed in Canada including a true single pass- no tillage row unit is designed to eliminate stubble burning and tillage, advanced metering technologies for precision application of seed and fertilizer, as well as planter singulation options.

However, to optimise their technology and machines to suit the Indian weather conditions, and agricultural, soil and crops patterns, Clean Seed has teamed up with Chandigarh University, Gharuan. In the crucial position as the Technology Testing Partner, Chandigarh University has been field testing the Clean Seed products, constantly passing feedback on how to make these machines more India-friendly.

Chandigarh University has now hosted an exclusive technology demonstration on its Gharuan campus, where the company’s single seeding, planting and fertilizer application machine- ‘SMART Seeder MINI-MAX’ was demonstrated to a well-attended gathering, including delegates from the Agriculture Ministry of Punjab and Haryana Government, Farmer Producer Organizations and local progressive farmers. Clean Seed’s Canadian team including Company President Colin Rush, and Vice President of Operations & Product Development Jeet Jheetey was present on the occasion and gave a detailed technical and agronomic presentation at the event showcasing the technology followed by in-field demonstrations of planting into standing crop stubble. The demonstrations continued planting multiple crops including corn, soybeans, and cotton while placing fertilizer in a single pass in the Agricultural Practices Fields of Chandigarh University’s University Institute of Agricultural Sciences.

The technology originally developed in Canada including

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This will help the farmers to make arrangements before the spread of disease in the healthy crops.

To rescue the Indian farmers from the increasing crop loss problem due to pests and diseases, Department of Research & Development of Chandigarh University has come forward with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based mobile application which will detect the crop diseases at an early stage of farming cycle. This will help the farmers to make arrangements before the spread of disease in the healthy crops. Scientist F of SEED, NCSTC Division, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Dr Rashmi Singh launched the mobile app along with Dean Research, Chandigarh University Prof Sanjeet Singh.   

While giving details about the mobile app, the inventor and project scientist of Chandigarh University, Amit Verma said, “The diseases like cut worms, potato tuber moth are common in potatoes. Early and Late Blight in Tomatoes severely damage the crop. To overcome from these and many other diseases, this detecting application can be used to identify and detect the illness in these crops in order to increase agricultural production.” 

Amit Verma explained that the mobile application works on three step disease detection which is based on Image Processing which matches the current picture of the crop with that of disease infected crop. Using the pattern matching technique the app prompts any significant change in the leaves, stems or branches. In addition, the mobile app offers suggestions to further treat the disease based upon the stage of the crop damaged by the pests and insects. The app will be able to detect 39 diseases in two crops while the study to extend the detection for 19 more crops is currently under-process. 

Dr Rashmi Sharma, DST Scientist F (SEED, NCSTC Division) department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, said that Chandigarh University has performed quintessentially well in terms of research and this shows the great character of Chandigarh University towards the society as this application is going to help millions of farmers across Punjab and India. 

This will help the farmers to make