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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 |
A study on knowledge and adoption of recommended cultivation practices among Thompson seedless grape growers in Bijapur district of Karnataka was carried out during 2013-14.Data was collected from randomly selected sample of 120 Thompson seedless grape growers by pre tested interview schedule method. The results revealed that majority (62.50%) of grape growers had high level knowledge about recommended cultivation practices of grape. Cent per cent of growers had correct knowledge about recommended variety, soil, rootstock, training, irrigation and management of Thrips, Downey mildew and anthracnose. Majority of growers had incorrect knowledge about fertilizer application at winter (70.00%) and summer (73.33%) seasons, grafting method (66.66%) and cycocyl application (46.66%). Over four fifth (86.66%) of growers belonged to high level of adoption category. Cent per cent of growers adopted recommended soil, variety, trench size, rootstock, grafting time, training, pruning and irrigation method.