Integrated Disease Management in Cauliflower through Farmers Participatory Approach Singh R.P.1,*, Gautam U.S.2, Singh Dinesh3 1SMS, Plant Protection, KVK, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh 2Director, ICAR- ATARI, Zone IV, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 3Programme Coordinator KVK, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh *Corresponding author email id: rpskvk.22@gmail.com
Abstract Black rot (Co. Xanthomonascampestris pv campestris) is one of the most common disease in cauliflower with the incidence of other diseases and it causes substantial losses in marketable yield. Considering the facts, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ghazipur conducted on-farm trial to assess the performance of integrated management practices onblack rot in cauliflower in two consecutive years i.e. 2011–12 and 2012–13.The assessed technology of integrated practices i.e. sanitary precautions, seed treatment with streptocycline @100 mg/lit of water + 1 kg seed dissolved for 15 minutes, use of balanced dose of fertilizer (120:60:40::N:P:K) kg/ha, avoid overdose of nitrogen and spray streptocycline @100 mg/lit of water + copper oxychloride @ 3 g/lit of water were used. The findings of the experiment revealed that the performance of integrated management technologies were found most effective to control black rot as least number of affected plants/m2 as well as least per cent disease incidence and increased average yields i.e. 320 q/ha and 317 q/ha were recorded by application of integrated management practices in 2011–12 & 2012–13 respectively. The incidence of black rot in cauliflower were recorded 10.50% and 13.30% in demonstrated plot while it was 25.00% and 26.95% in farmer practice during both the crop season. The average marketable yield, 320.00q/ha and 317.36 qt/ha were recorded from the trial in 2011–12 and in 2012–13 respectively. In on farm trial the marketable yield were recorded 32.23 and 31.46 per cent more over farmers practice during both the crop season. The net return Rs. 104200/ha and B:C ratio 3.61 was recorded in 2011–12 and Rs 101978/ha and 3.50 in 2012–13 from demonstrated plot. The maximum yield and net returns under integrated management components is quite encouraging to partner farmers as well as neighboring farmers of cluster villages. Top Keywords Cauliflower, IDM, Net returns, BCR. Top |