The ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh in collaboration with the Indian Society of Weed Science organized a Webinar on “Harvesting of Weed Seeds: A novel preventive way of weed management” today.
In his address, Dr. J.S. Mishra, Director, ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur emphasized on the need of managing the weed seeds through Harvest Weed Seed Control (HWSC) Technology. He outlined the usefulness of the technology for organic farming to reduce the weed seed bank in the soil to manage the weeds effectively.
Dr. B. Shridar, Dean (Agricultural Engineering), AEC&RI, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu regarded the accumulation of weed seeds in soil as the main cause of weed infestation in the future crops. He stressed on harvesting weed seeds at the time of harvesting of crop as one of the best preventive management strategies.
The Lead Speaker, Dr. Michael Walsh delivered the Talk covering the different aspects of research and development of HWSC Systems. His efforts in the area of HWSC have led to the introduction and wide adoption of the technology in Australia. The weed seed density was recorded very less after applying of HWSC Systems in comparison to control.
More than 180 participants including Scientists and Students from the various ICAR Institutes and State Agricultural Universities attended the Webinar.
(Source: ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh)
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