“Chemically processed dry bamboo poles or areca poles could be used for the cultivation of pepper as monoculture. Pepper is now being cultivated along with arecanut or other supporting plants,” Ravi Bhat of the unit said on Tuesday.
It would be inaugurated by Swarnawalli seer Gangadharendra Saraswati Swami at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Scientist M.N. Venugopal, progressive farmer K.M. Hegde Bairumbe, and Karnataka Spice Board general manager H.R. Naik will be present, said a press release.


Source :The Hindu