Agrochemical firm Crystal Crop Protection has launched post-emergent herbicide Hola to help farmers protect sugarcane crops from weeds and increase their incomes in key producing states such as Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Hola is tested in various State Agri universities and more than 2,000 demonstrations were carried out in the last five years for sugarcane farmers. Hola has been found effective in the control of narrow-leaf weeds, broad-leaf weeds, and Sedges, especially Cyperus Rotundus (Motha), which is a major em faced by farmers.
Source- The Hindu Business
