FAISALABAD, Aug 2 (APP): Agriculture experts on Wednesday
advised farmers to use the latest technologies and cultivate
sugarcane crops in September for getting bumper yield.
A spokesman of the agriculture department said
approved varieties had most resistance against various
diseases besides giving high quality yield.
He said the agriculture department had approved various
sugarcane varieties, including CPF-243, CPF-246, CPF-247, SHF-240, HSF-242, CP-77-400, CP-72-2086, CP-433-33, CPF-237, SPF-245, SPF-234, SPF-213 and SPSG-26, for September cultivation.
He advised growers to select healthy seed of sugarcane for September
cultivation as high yield mostly depends upon the selection of healthy
and disease-free seed. These varieties could give 60,000 to 80,000 kilograms per acre yield, he added.
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Sugarcane should be cultivated in September for bumper crop
