FARMERS OF AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONE IV

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (E. F. Smith) is one of the devastating disease with global distribution affecting brinjal. The disease affects solanaceous vegetables in most states of India. Investigation on survey and collection of bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) isolates f[r]

The study revealed that majority (68.75%) of the farmers belonged to middle age group, had medium annual income (58.75%), belong to medium social cohesiveness(81.25%), had medium mass medium access (72.50%), had medium knowledge on climate change(83.75%). Having more percentage of respondents on med[r]

Ginger, an indigenous plant, is an important spice crop of the world. Traditionally ginger is propagated by using portions of mother rhizomes called as sets. Each healthy set of 2.5 to 5 cm long, weighing 20-25 g and having two or three buds each are directly sown in the main filed. Though transplan[r]

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form obligate symbiotic association with the roots of crop plants and play a critical role in enhancing plant growth under semi-arid climatic conditions. Present investigation has been taken up to characterize the isolated AM fungal species from rhizosphere soils o[r]

Pleurotus mushroom, generally referred to as ‘Oyster mushroom or Dhingri’ in India is relatively new to the mushroom industry. In India, Odisha is a leading state in terms of oyster mushroom production. The condition in most of agro-climatic situation in Odisha are suitable for growing oyster mushro[r]

Evaluation of Zinnia (Zinnia elegans L.) genotypes under West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya was carried out at the experimental farm Department of Horticulture, NEHU, Chandmari, Tura Campus, during 2016-2017 to identify the suitable variety for successful cultivation and flower production under pre[r]

Pulses occupy a unique position in Indian agriculture. It plays a vital role in fixing atmospheric nitrogen in to Nitrate and make the soil fertile. Banka district is one of the important pulse trading centers in Bihar. Agro climatic condition of Banka as well as Bhagalpur district of Bihar is suita[r]

The study was conducted in three agro-climatic zones of Punjab state during the period 2017-17 to examine the cost involved in processing of green fodder and various reasons for processing. It has been observed that the farmers involved in the processing of green fodder were practicing silage making[r]

Studies were undertaken to elicit information on performance of Bambusa balcooa and Bambusa vulgaris across five agro climatic regions as well as different age gradations, association among the biometric attributes. Bambusa balcooa proved its significant phenotypic superiority in terms of all the bi[r]

This study was undertaken to identify the polymorphism among thirty six genotypes including pure lines/varieties/ accession lines of different agro-climatic areas using fifteen SSR markers. All the thirty six genotypes were raised in pots for extraction of genomic DNA from seven days old seedlings.

A field experiment was conducted at S.V. Agricultural College Wetland farm, Tirupati to study the performance of sweet corn cultivars under varied times of sowing in Southern Agro-Climatic Zone of Andhra Pradesh during rabi 2011. The treatments consisted of combination of two factors viz., three var[r]

The present study was conducted in ten villages of Koppal District, Karnataka with an objective of to know the knowledge level of farmers on Farm Pond. For conducting the present study ten villages were selected randomly and fifteen respondents from each village were selected purposively to comprise[r]

The present study was conducted in the majhagawan block of satna district with selection of 80 farmers, 40 participating and 40 non-participating farmers. The objective was to find out the correlation of knowledge of participating and non-participating mustard growers of majhagawan block of satna di[r]

Ex-post facto research design was followed for carrying out the study in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Sample comprised of 120 farmers selected randomly from four randomly selected mandals of Mahaboobnagar district which was a purposive selection. Age, education, farm size, farming experience, annual[r]

The study showed that the majority of the farmers were middle aged (36 to 56 years). More than fifty per cent farmers had education up to high school level and had medium farming experiences. Maximum were marginal farmers and had low annual farm income. Maximum farmers had medium cosmopoliteness and[r]

In this background, experiments were designed to know the compatibility of a newer insecticide, diafenthiuron 50 WP with other agrochemicals against sucking pests, foliar diseases and natural enemies on Bt cotton.

The present study was conducted to assess the goat rearing pattern and socio personal status of tribal farmers in Attappadi region of Kerala. Results indicated that about 20 per cent of tribal farmers were landless while 45 per cent of them owned less than an acre of land and the rest (about 35%) ow[r]

Present investigation was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bikaner-II, in four blocks of Bikaner district (Lunkaransar, Chhatargarh, Khajuwala and Pugal) of Rajasthan with the specific objectives to analyze yield gap, economics and extent of farmers’ satisfaction and constraints faced by the farme[r]

Dairy farming in India plays a vital role in livelihood security of the dairy farmers. The factors which are major hurdles in increasing farmers income are low productivity of indigenous breeds, inadequate knowledge about balanced feeding and low conception rate through artificial insemination. The[r]

The diminishing fossil resources over the last few decades forced us to look for alternative renewable sources to meet the increasing demand for energy and chemicals. The nature gifted agro-biomass is renewable and available in plenty and have huge potential to cater the ever growing demands of huma[r]