Weed removal for bumper crop stressed

Agricultural experts advised farmers to remove weeds from gram crop to get bumper production. A spokesman for the Agriculture (Extension) Department stated that weeds were very dangerous for gram crop; therefore, farmers should remove all types of weeds from their crop.

He said that growers should prefer hoeing with rotary-weeder instead of using spray for weed removal. He said that moisture increase in the air might cause suspension of chlorophyll system of the gram plants that would result in attack of blight [Jhulsao] disease on leaves of gram crop.

Hence, gram growers should be careful and take appropriate measures in consultation with agriculture experts to save their crops from damage, he added.