ROLE OF FOLDSCOPE IN ORGANIC FARMING

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Map showing the route of Vivekananda Institute of Biotechnology Department of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta, organised a workshop on “Role of Foldscope in Organic Farming” at Vivekananda Institute of Biotechnology, Sri Ramkrishna Ashram, Nimpith, West Bengal, India on 6th April, 2019.
Introductory phase-
In this phase, basic
introduction of foldscope was given to all the participants.
Dr. Punarbasu Chaudhuri giving basic idea of light microscope to participants
Dr. Punarbasu Chaudhuri giving basic idea of foldscope to participants
workshop on foldscope at Vivekananda Institute of Biotechnology, West Bengal, India
Dr. Punarbasu Chaudhuri describing participants about how to fold a paper to make a foldscope Demonstration Phase-
In this phase, we
demonstrated how to observe with foldscope.
Demonstration of how to observe with foldscope Demonstration of infected plant parts under foldscope-
As majority of the participants were
farmers from different regions of India, we described simple slide preparation
by using a regular slide and placing the infected plant part on the slide.
After this by using transparent tape, we can prepare our temporary slide and
observe under foldscope.
Observation under foldscope, (a, b)image showing the temporary slide preparation of infected sugarcane, (c,d) non infected vs infected sugarcane under foldscope
observation of infected banana leaf under foldscope, a. infected leaf was taken as a sample, b. a temporary slide was prepared, c. observation under foldscope After this
various prepared slides were demonstrated using foldscope.
Conclusion-

Foldscope can be useful tool for capturing the
infected crops and identification on field. The workshop was a success.

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