Indore (Commodities Control)-Indian Institute of Soybean Research has been striving for the development of high qualities pest and disease resistant soybean varieties and technologies capable of higher yield and hopes to achieve the average productivity of soybean to 15 quintal/ha by 2025, said Dr Neeta Khandekar, Acting Director of the Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore.
He was addressing a webinar on ‘Improved Soybean Production Technology and New Innovative Practices of soybean Production’ organized by the ICAR-Indian Soybean Research Institute, Indore and I.T.C. Company Limited here on Wednesday.
C. Shashidhar, Head of Agriculture Services, I.T.C. expressed hope to strengthen the proposed seed bank of ITC e-choupal, through the capacity building programme organized by the ICAR-IISR.
Lauding the scientific contribution of IISR scientists in the development and dissemination of soybean production technologies, Dr. Anita Sharma, Crop Advisory Service E-Chaupal and Anil Kolla, said that the farmers and field staff of ITC are ready to adopt these technologies and practices to the field level for profit maximization and productivity enhancement.
Dr. Mrinal Kuchlan of the IISR discussed different location specific recommended soybean varieties like J.S. 20-69, J.S. 20-98, J.S. 20-34 along with the quality seed production techniques and procedure to test germination percentage. He said the soybean seed should have an optimum germination percentage of 70%, the basis on which seed rate is to be decided.
Dr R.K. Verma informed about weedicides suitable in soybean crops. Dr. S.D. Billore, Head, Crop Production Division spoke on “Recommended Agronomic Practices and Novel Methods for soybean Production”. He said that the farmers who have irrigation facilities should irrigate the crop in case of drought, before the development of cracks in the soil.
Dr Lokesh Meena while shedding light on “Major harmful Insects of Soybean and their control Measures”, said that if the insects are properly identified at an early stage, they can be easily controlled by following appropriate control measures involving physical, cultural and chemical measures.
Dr. A. N. Sharma, retired Principal Scientist spoke on "Climate Smart Pest Management" advising farmers to adopt various techniques of pest management like trap crop, pheromone trap etc. Dr. Laxman Singh Rajput informed about use of chemical and organic cultures for seed treatment in soybean in order to prevent the incidence of popular diseases like yellow mosaic virus and other fungal diseases.
On this occasion, 5 major technical sessions were organized for farmers, in which scientists of Indian Soybean Research Institute presented and discussed along with advice for adoption in the real field situation.
(By Commoditiescontrol Bureau: +91-22-40015505)
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