Front Line Demonstration on Management of Fruit Rot in Chilli
Lakshmi Narayanamma, V *
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kothagudem, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Telangana, India.
Ratnakar, V
Agricultural College, Jagtial, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Telangana, India.
Vishwatej, R
DAATTC, Warangal, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Telangana, India.
Ram Prasad, M
Agricultural College, Aswaraopeta, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Telangana, India.
Shiva, B
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kothagudem, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Telangana, India.
Veeranna, G
Regional Agriculture Research Station, Waranga., Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Telangana, India.
Uma Reddy, R
Regional Agriculture Research Station, Waranga., Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Telangana, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in Bhadradri Kothagudem conducted Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) on management of fruit rot in chilli during 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22. These demonstrations compared the effectiveness of technology-demonstrated (seed treatment and rotation of the fungicides) with traditional farmer practices at plots sized of 0.4 hectares across ten locations for each treatment. The results showed that the technology-demonstrated plots had higher cost-benefit ratios (BC Ratio) of 2.49:1, 2.53:1, and 2.32:1 compared to the BC ratios of 1.96:1, 1.91:1, and 1.90:1 in the farmers' practice plots during the corresponding years. Additionally, farmers practiced plots typically sprayed fungicide mixtures after noticing disease.
Keywords: Chilli, seed treatment, fungicides, spice crops