Pattambi RARS to bring out two legume varieties
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They can be used as the first or second paddy crop
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They can be used as the first or second paddy crop The Kerala Agricultural University’s Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS) at Pattambi will bring out two legume varieties exclusively to cater to the upcoming summer. They will be named KBC 4 and PGCP 23, said officials.
RARS has also plans to introduce a legume variety named PGCP 63 on an experimental basis. This will be brought out only after tests with the help of farmers.
The new legume varieties can be ready for harvesting in less than two months. They can be used after the first or second paddy crop. Officials said that the new legume varieties in the long beans class can be used for consumption either as raw or as dried.
Mercury dips below 5°C in Visakha Agency
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Transport services hit by thick fog
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Transport services hit by thick fog
For the first time in this season, the temperature in Visakhapatnam Agency has come down below 5° Celsius. Chintapalle area in the district has recorded 4.5° Celsius in the early hours on Wednesday, according to Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS).
Officials assume that the temperature in Lambasingi should be between 3° and 3.5° Celsius.
According to AP CM Dashboard, while the temperature readings were taken at 7 p.m., Munchingputtu registered the least temperature of 11.67° Celsius in the State followed by Paderu at 12.50° Celsius.
City shivers as mercury dips
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Thick fog envelops many areas; elderly face problems
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Keeping the chill at bay: A family keeps itself warm at a bonfire at a beach in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
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Thick fog envelops many areas; elderly face problems
With mercury dipping in the last couple of days, the denizens are experiencing winter and have hit the wardrobe to pull out their woollens.
Visakhapatnam city (Waltair) recorded least temperature of about 18° Celsius, while airport region registered 13.8° Celsius in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the bulletin released by IMD Hyderabad, at 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday.