A two-day national seminar of the Indian Society of Agronomy on the topic ‘Emerging weed problems and their management in major field crops’ was held at the OUAT premises here on Thursday and Friday.
Inaugurating the event, OUAT Vice-Chancellor Prof Manoranjan Kar suggested the participants to take rapid action on control of weeds both in field and horticultural crops, enhance productivity and reduce the cost of cultivation.
Chief guest Agriculture Department Principal Secretary Rajesh Verma recommended to reduce the gap in transfer of technology in integrated weed management and advised industrialists, especially pesticide manufacturing companies to make available low-cost effective herbicides for farmers.
Organizing Chairman Dr SS Nanda highlighted the benefits of herbicides applications either in isolation or integrated approach to make agriculture a profitable one. Professor and ISA, Odisha Chapter Organising Chairman Dr B Behera and Organising Secretary Dr BS Rath also spoke.