Places of Significance
Oilseeds Research Station is 3 km from Tindivanam town. Started as Agricultural Research Station in 1935, later inducted with Tamilnadu Agricultural University in 1981. Oilseeds Research Station has been established by the government of Tamil Nadu to evolve groundnut, sesame and castor varieties with desirable attributes viz., short duration, high yield, high oil content, drought tolerance, fresh seed dormancy, resistance to major insect pests and diseases etc.
Groundnut has separate Kolmudal Nilayalam (Tamil)) & Oil seeds research station affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. The ground nut is locally called malattai (the word comes from manila-kottai. The kottai (nut) came from Manila, Philippines).
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