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Leaf colour chart to help paddy farmers

By Our Staff Reporter

ERODE, SEPT. 12. A Leaf Colour Chart has been introduced for paddy growers for better yield at lower cost, the Joint Director of Agriculture, T.S.R. Ramakrishnan, said.

In a press release today, he said that the Leaf Colour Chart technology was developed by the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. The chart has been approved by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.

The chart has six shades of green. Farmers have to keep it beneath the top leaves of the paddy crop and note the colour. If it matches the first, second and third colour in the leaf colour chart, they need not apply nitrogen fertilisers like urea and top dressing of the crop may be avoided.

If the colour of paddy leaf is very pale and resembles fourth or fifth colour in the chart, the farmers should use nitrogen fertilisers immediately.

The Joint Director said the use of Leaf Colour Chart was explained to farmers through demonstrations by the field staff of the department.

All the field employees of the Agricultural department were provided with such charts. He said that charts would be given to 1,000 paddy farmers in Erode free of cost.

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