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    Apr 14th, 2024

    : Very good news has come out for the farmers of Uttar Pradesh. A new research work is being done in Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur. In which preparations are being made to grow sesame crop in summer. Because sesame crop is very profitable and if sesame can be cultivated in both summer and winter seasons. So farmers will get direct benefit from it. Farmers will have a good opportunity to increase their income. Very beneficial for the farmers of Uttar Pradesh Professor Ram Batuk Singh, in-charge of the Vegetable Science Department of Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, said that CSA University is continuously working on new methods of growing crops for the farmers. In this sequence, for the first time the work of growing sesame crop in summer is being done here. He told that if this experiment is successful then it will be very beneficial for the farmers of Uttar Pradesh. Farmers will be able to earn good profits by growing sesame crop in both summer and winter seasons. Seeds of 16 species procured from Madhya Pradesh Professor Ram Batuk Singh said that scientists have made special preparations to grow sesame in the summer season. Seeds of species ranging from AVTS 1 to AVTS 16 have been procured from Madhya Pradesh. Here the laboratory has been divided into 16 parts and seeds of a different species have been planted in each part. It includes both white and black sesame seeds. Now scientists are continuously screening it to see how the crop is growing. This crop becomes ripe in about 75 to 80 days. It has been more than a month since this happened. In such a situation, what will be its consequences in the future will be a subject of research. Sesame cultivation is highest in Madhya Pradesh Professor Ram Batuk Singh says that maximum sesame crop is grown in Madhya Pradesh. Sesame is cultivated there even in summers. On the same lines, now preparations have been made to grow sesame crop in summer here also. For this, special seeds have been procured from Madhya Pradesh. Which have been planted in the experiment land of Chandrashekhar Azad University. Sesame is mostly used in making oil. Let us tell you that sesame is cultivated on a large scale in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. Summer season is favorable for sesame cultivation Professor Ram Batuk Singh, in-charge of the Department of Vegetable Science, University of Agriculture and Technology, further said that from the climatic point of view, sesame requires a tropical climate with a long hot season. This plant grows in hot climates. It should be cultivated in a land with good drainage, it does not require rain water, it should be sown in a land with normal pH value, 25 to 27 degree temperature is good for the growth of the plant, this is because Because its plants can easily tolerate normal temperature of 40 degrees. sandy loam soil He told that although sesame can be cultivated in all types of soils, but to get more yield, farmers sow it in sandy loam soil which has more fossils which is good for sesame cultivation.


    Source: https://www.kisantak.in/crops/story/after-mp-now-up-farmers-will-grown-sesame-crop-in-summer-season-experiment-stared-on-til-ki-khet-979963-2024-04-14
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