National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The study was conducted in Shorapur and Yadagir taluks of Yadagir district on impact of JG-11 bengal gram on farmers revealed that majority of the JG-11 growers expressed that the characteristics namely; bold grains, higher flowering and seed setting, resistance to wilt, comes up well in dry land and high yielding capacity as positive ones. The major negative characters of JG-11 were single seed pod and shrivelled pods. The practices namely foliar application of urea, use of growth promoter after 35 days (NAA) was followed by only 15.00% of farmers. Very few farmers followed fertilizer application as recommended. Higher average yield was obtained by farmers in Shorapur taluk with 10.50 q/ha followed by Yadgir farmers with 10.00 q/ha. In case of Annigeri-1 variety average yield of 8.00q/ha was obtained by Yadgir farmers followed by 7.50 q/ha by Shorapur farmers. Very few farmers were growing desi varieties with average yield of 4.25q/ha. In case of JG 11 the C:B ratio was 1:2.3 and it was 1:1.86 in Annigeri-1. Majority expressed continued adoption of JG-11 (60.00 %) and even expand the area under JG-11 provided they are assured of price of at least Rs. 4000=00 per qtl.
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