Inaugural Session
- 1. Purpose and Objectives – Dr. Biksham Gujja, Chairperson, AgSri, Hyderabad
- 2. Sustainable and profitable quality sugarcane production - Dr. D.G. Hapase, Ex-Director, Vasantdada Sugarcane Institute, Pune
Technical Session I
SSI – Principles and Practices
- 1. SSI – A methodology to improve the yields- Dr. V. Vinod Goud, AgSri
- 2. Bud chip nurseries – history, methods of raising, results of germination studies – Dr. Radha Jain, Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) IISR, Lucknow
- 3. Wide row spacing and drip irrigation in sugarcane – different spacings, crop behavior, yields and recommendations- Mr. Stephen Arul, Thiru Arooran Sugar Mills Ltd., Tamilnadu
- 4. Tillering in SSI – emergence, factors affecting, constraints and solutions – Dr. US Natarajan, Consultant, AIP-ICRISAT
- 5. Intercropping in sugarcane – scope, compatible crops, experiments, experiences and results- Dr. Sivaraman, Principal Scientist (Agronomy), SBI, Coimbatore
