Tamil Nadu Agricultural University students engage in a National Service Scheme camp in Karadimadai village, Coimbatore, from August 5-9, 2024, conducting agricultural awareness sessions and distributing tissue culture banana plantlets.
Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has announced that 59 B.Tech (Biotechnology) students from its Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology are participating in a National Service Scheme (NSS) camp at Karadimadai village in Coimbatore from August 5 to 9, 2024.
The students are conducting two daily interactive sessions with farmers in Karadimadai. Expert professors from TNAU have been invited to provide solutions and advice for the issues faced by Coimbatore farmers.
On August 6, 2024, the NSS students organized a discussion session on "Benefits of Using Tissue Culture Banana Plantlets." The meeting was attended by about 32 banana and vegetable farmers from Karadimadai village, along with the village deputy head, Ramachandran. Dr. Irene Vethamoni, Principal of the Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore, presided over the meeting.
TNAU's plant biotechnology experts, Dr. E. Kokiladevi and Dr. P. Rajagopalan, addressed the farmers. They explained the advantages of using tissue culture banana plantlets in Tamil Nadu and provided information about the plant tissue culture training conducted by TNAU's Department of Plant Biotechnology. The experts also clarified the procedures for farmers to access this training.
The scientists answered farmers' queries about tissue culture for other crops. At the end of the session, tissue culture G9 multiplication and red banana seedlings were distributed to interested farmers.
Farmers interested in plant tissue culture training can contact the Head of the Department of Plant Biotechnology at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University for further information.
The students are conducting two daily interactive sessions with farmers in Karadimadai. Expert professors from TNAU have been invited to provide solutions and advice for the issues faced by Coimbatore farmers.
On August 6, 2024, the NSS students organized a discussion session on "Benefits of Using Tissue Culture Banana Plantlets." The meeting was attended by about 32 banana and vegetable farmers from Karadimadai village, along with the village deputy head, Ramachandran. Dr. Irene Vethamoni, Principal of the Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore, presided over the meeting.
TNAU's plant biotechnology experts, Dr. E. Kokiladevi and Dr. P. Rajagopalan, addressed the farmers. They explained the advantages of using tissue culture banana plantlets in Tamil Nadu and provided information about the plant tissue culture training conducted by TNAU's Department of Plant Biotechnology. The experts also clarified the procedures for farmers to access this training.
The scientists answered farmers' queries about tissue culture for other crops. At the end of the session, tissue culture G9 multiplication and red banana seedlings were distributed to interested farmers.
Farmers interested in plant tissue culture training can contact the Head of the Department of Plant Biotechnology at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University for further information.