Fruit bagging method gets popular
BSS
For the first time in the region, the growers have started using fruit bagging technology in guava orchards in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj commercially during the current pre-harvest season to protect the cash crop from pest attack besides getting quality yield, reports BSS.
Earlier, they have used the modern technology in some of the mango orchards attaining significant success in this regard. According to the sources of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), there are huge guava trees of different ages and varieties on some two lakh hectares in the region with creation of many more new more orchards and increased guava farming in the homesteads in recent years.
If the bags were used substantially, use of harmful chemical insecticides and pesticides could be reduced to a greater extent on the huge trees. Thereby, the technology will open up a new door of exporting mango of the two districts, famous for the fruit, to various foreign markets.
Scientists of Regional Horticulture Research Center (RHRC) in Chapainawabgonj have released the technology among the growers this year after attaining a remarkable success in mango this year.
