Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has inked an agreement with Bio-control Research Laboratories (BCRL), Bangalore, for co-operative work in the fields of biological control of crop pests and diseases, pheromone technology and urban pest management, both in education and research.
The Registrar in-charge of the Farm Varsity P. Kalaiselvan and K. P. Jayanth, Vice-President, BCRL, inked the agreement in the presence of TNAU Vice-Chancellor K. Ramasamy.
The farm varsity has, in a release, said it promotes eco-friendly pest management not only for agricultural crop pests but household pests as well.
BCRL has agreed to help the farm varsity’s undergraduate students in internship and PG students do part of their research in their labs.