The relationship between the city and jasmine is so unique that the quality variety of the flower is always prefixed with Madurai as 'Madura Malli'. Jasmine grown in the region of red soil comes with intense aroma, pure white and thicker petals that last longer than any other variety across the state.

As a next step, a Madurai-based farmer started raising them in a poly house on an experimental basis, which showed consistent results on his 11-month crop.

Impressed with the results, the district administration is planning to seek more poly houses in case jasmine farmers in the district want to establish one in their fields................Read more

Source web page: The Times of India