Patiala, January 18 - Krishi Vigyan Kendra organized a field day on wheat, potato and tomato diseases at village Birwal (Patiala), in which about 40 farmers of the area participated. Dr. Amarjit Singh, Senior Extension Specialist of Plant Diseases Department, PAU, Ludhiana and Dr. Manmohan Dhakal, Viral Diseases Specialist specially participated in this field day.
Speaking on this occasion, Dr. Amarjit Singh informed the present farmers about the symptoms and treatment of potato late blight disease and encouraged them to adopt web based decision making system developed by PAU to prevent this disease. Dr. Manmohan Dhakal made the farmers aware about the method of identification of potato and tomato virus diseases and their preventive measures.
Dr. Hardeep Singh Sabikhi, Assistant Professor (Plant Protection), KVK, Patiala, gave detailed information on the comprehensive prevention of wheat diseases and Dr. Rachna Singla, Professor (Horticulture), KVK, Patiala advised the farmers to prepare disease free potato seeds. told about the method of At the end Harbans Singh, a progressive farmer of Birarwal village, thanked the farmers who had come.