Adequate agri inputs stocked for kar paddy season
The Hindu
The Department of Agriculture has stocked adequate quantity of agri inputs for the benefit of paddy farmers as water has been released from Papanasam Dam for kar paddy cultivation. In a statement, Joi
The Department of Agriculture has stocked adequate quantity of agri inputs for the benefit of paddy farmers as water has been released from Papanasam Dam for kar paddy cultivation. In a statement, Joint Director of Agriculture R. Gajendrapandian said farmers of Ambasamudram, Cheranmahadevi, Mukkoodal, Palayamkottai and Maanur taluks were expected to take up paddy cultivation on 9,700 hectares during the season with water being released from Papanasam Dam. Hence, the department had stocked certified seeds such as Ambai 16 and TPS-5, fertilizers and pesticides.“Spider wasp,” says ecologist and nature educator Vena Kapoor, narrating the fascinating but macabre tale of the spider wasp and its victims. While adult spider wasps mostly feed on flower nectar, making them excellent pollinators, they are also what are known as “parasitoids.” Unlike parasites, they kill their host. In the case of spider wasps, females hunt down spiders, inject them with venom and lay eggs on them. Once they hatch, the larvae eat these spiders alive, inevitably killing them, she tells the huddle of women cloistered around this tree.
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