Coimbatore TNAU weed centre gets national award

The award was presented during the 24th Annual Review Meeting held at Maharana Pratap Agriculture University and Technology, Udaipur last month, TNAU release said on Thursday. 

Besides the award, Rs one lakh additional grant was given to the Centre for its outstanding contributions in the field of weed science research and extension by a team of scientists, it said. The Centre has developed integrated weed management technologies for different crops, such as rice, soybean, sugarcane, groundnut, onion, sugar beet, tobacco, maize and also aquatic weeds. Research on herbicide residues in soil, water and food chain and impact assessment of weed management technologies on improving the crop yields have also been carried out, it said. 

TNAU centre was selected from among 24 All India Coordinated Research Project on Weed Management Centres in operation in different parts of the country.