Updated:
Share Article
AAA
A plot harvest exercise conducted for ADT 52 paddy variety at Polakudi village in Nannilam taluk.
| Photo Credit: HAND OUT
The non-lodging nature of ‘Aduthurai 52’ (ADT 52) paddy variety is said to have been re-established during this samba season as the delta region received unseasonal and unexpected heavy rain.
Farmers in Polakudi village, Nannilam Taluk, Tiruvarur district who had taken up the cultivation of ADT 52 variety on a fairly larger area this season were taken aback as the sky opened up during December resulting in the fields getting flooded with rainwater. However, they heaved a sigh of relief on witnessing their efforts to drain rainwater from the fields churned out positive results as the standing crop did not lodge.