Development of Farmer-led Integrated Management of Major Pests of Cauliflower Cultivated in Rainy Season in India

Ahuja, D. B.; Ahuja, Usha Rani; Srinivas, P.; Singh, Ram; Malik, Meenakshi; Sharma, Pratibha; Bamawale, O. M.

doi:10.5539/jas.v4n2p79

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“…Trichoderma harzianum (Th3) was found to effectively control the Groundnut root rot epidemic (Kalijad disease) in Rajasthan. The bioefficacy of Th3 strain has already been tested in different crops like cauliflower, cabbage, chilli, tomato, and against a large number of soil and foliar pathogens namely Pythium aphanidermatum, Phytophthora parasitica, Fusarium oxysporum, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Sclerotium rolfsii, Phomopsis vexans, Alternaria alternata, Rhizoctonia solani, Colletotrichum capsici (Ahuja et al, 2012;Sharma et al, 2001Sharma et al, , 2003Sharma et al, , 2006Sharma & Dureja, 2004;Sharma & Sain, 2004Qais et al, 2005). Effective bio-formulation of the Trichoderma harzianum (Th3) strain was formulated and validated (Sharma and Sain, 2003 a & b).…”

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Biological Control of Groundnut Root Rot in Farmer’s Field

Sharma¹,

Saini²,

Deep³

et al. 2012

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Groundnut is an important oilseed crop predominantly grown in Rajasthan, India and has suffered a 55 to 85 percent root rot disease caused by multiple pathogen complex mainly Aspergillus niger, Apergillus flavus, Sclerotium rolfsii, Thievaliopsis basicola, Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium aphanidermatum perennating in soil and seed. Trichoderma harzianum (Th3) was used against Groundnut varieties (GG-10, GG-20, M-13 and Local varieties) to reduce the yield loss by root rot disease during the year 2009 and 2010 in farmers' fields in twelve villages in the Jaipur district of Rajasthan. The field trials were conducted by the application of Trichoderma harzianum in the form of powder and liquid bio-formulation. Trials were conducted by treating the soil, seed and foliage with powdered bio-formulation (Th3 SD, SA) at 5 g per kg seed/soil followed by spray treatment with liquid bio-formulation (Th3 FS) at 5 ml/l along with recommended IPM practices. The crops under farmer practice were significantly lower in yields with the diagnostic blackening symptoms travelling from roots to stem affecting the vascular system followed by shredding at root-stem internodes resulting in complete wilting and plant death while in Th3 treated crop blackening reduced and the root vascular system was free of disease. Maximum values of yield (39.17 Q/ha), R.C. Index (0.15), C.F.U. (38.5 x 10 6 ), and lowest root rot incidence (14.03%) was recorded in the Th3 treated groundnut crops. Increase in annual income also encouraged farmers to use the Trichoderma technology. Participatory approach and interaction between researcher and farmers helped in quick adoption and dissemination of use of biocontrol agents for groundnut growers in Rajasthan state, India.

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Biological Control of Groundnut Root Rot in Farmer’s Field

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Deep³

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“…In Northern India, nine species of insects and four diseases are considered important. Insects limiting cauliflower production include aphids (Myzus persicae (Ahuja et al, 2012(Ahuja et al, , 2013. Four major diseases include Sclerotinia rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum [Lib.…”

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Comparison of Integrated Pest Management approaches and conventional (non-IPM) practices in late-winter-season cauliflower in Northern India

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Singh

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“…It concluded that about 82 percent of the vegetable growers had low or medium adoption of commercial potato cultivation practices and means that medium adopters have more interest in adoption of new and beneficial methods. Ahuja et al (2012) implemented Integrated Pest and Disease Management programme in irrigated cauliflower crop which led to reduction of 50-60% in the number of conventional pesticide sprays. The use of less or required pesticide application was reinforced by enemies resulting in sustainable and stable pest control regime.…”

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A Review Paper on Adoption Behavior of Vegetable Growers towards Pest Management Practices in Bulandshahr (U.P.)

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Malik²,

Kanojia³

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Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Pest control practices in the vegetable crops have been heavily dominated by the routine use of broad-spectrum insecticides to control pests. Concerns have emerged about the adverse consequences of over use of pesticide. These consequences include short and longterm health hazards, contamination and environmental degradation. To minimize the pest losses farmers heavily depend on the chemical pesticides and accessing pest management information from the pesticide dealers due to weak state extension support system. Vegetable production plays a crucial role in agriculture by providing food, nutritional and economic security to the people of with higher returns per unit area to the producers. The study was conducted with objective to find out the adoption behavior of farmers towards pest management in western region of Uttar Pradesh. The studied adoption level of pest management practices in study area by following proportionate random sampling method 100 vegetable growers were selected and primary data was collected though personal interview method. Findings revealed that majority of the respondents had medium level of adoption of IPM practices while equal per cent of respondents (20%) had high and low level of adoption, respectively. With regard to cultural practices, majority of the farmers had adopted the practice of transplanting of recommended number of seedling. As mechanical control measures, the raised bed nursery had adopted by majority farmers. Among the cultural, mechanical, biological and chemical measures of Integrated Pest Management, respondents mainly followed cultural and mechanical methods for pest management of cauliflower crop. Utilization of locally available resources and promotion of the Farmers Participatory Approach by incorporating the vegetable growers' indigenous wisdom about the Bio-pesticides and the natural enemies of the pests of the vegetables in the sphere of IPM techniques of the vegetables grown by the farmers is very essential in this State.

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Development of Farmer-led Integrated Management of Major Pests of Cauliflower Cultivated in Rainy Season in India

Cited by 19 publications

References 18 publications

Biological Control of Groundnut Root Rot in Farmer’s Field

Biological Control of Groundnut Root Rot in Farmer’s Field

Comparison of Integrated Pest Management approaches and conventional (non-IPM) practices in late-winter-season cauliflower in Northern India

A Review Paper on Adoption Behavior of Vegetable Growers towards Pest Management Practices in Bulandshahr (U.P.)

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