Performance of fusarium wilt-resistant pigeonpea variety BRG-5 under cluster frontline demonstrations in Tumkur district of Karnataka Shreenivasa KR*, Gowda V Govinda, Shankara MH, Nataraj OR ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Konehally, Tumkur, 572201, Karnataka, India *Email for correspondence: shreenivasakr@gmail.com
Online Published on 26 October, 2023. Abstract Cluster frontline demonstrations (CFLDs) under National Food Security Mission (Pulses) were carried out during 2017 to 2021 in different villages of Tumkur district of Karnataka where 200 demonstrations on pigeonpea on an area of 80 ha were carried out by the active participation of farmers with the objective to demonstrate the benefits of fusarium wilt resistant pigeonpea variety with improved technologies. The improved technologies consisted of use of improved wilt resistant variety, seed treatment with Rhizobium culture, soil application of Trichoderma and phosphate solubilising bacteria (PSB), balanced fertilizer application and integrated pest management. There existed full gap in case of use of variety, sowing method, seed treatment, plant protection and weed management and partial gap in fertilizer dose. An average yield 9.54 q per ha was recorded under CFLDs as compared to 7.07 q per ha in farmers’ practice. The demonstrations resulted in higher average net return of Rs 27,867 per ha as compared to Rs16,659 in farmers’ practice. There was an increase of 90.90 per cent in net return in demonstrations as compared to check. The benefit-cost ratio of pigeonpea cultivation under improved cultivation practices was 2.18, whereas, it was 1.74 under farmers’ practice. The technology gap between potential yield and yield of demonstration plots was lowest (29.18%) in Thimalapura, Tiptur Tq, Tumkur district, whereas, highest gap (37.68%) was found in Handalakuppe, Kunigal Tq, Tumkur district. Extension gap under CFLDs ranged from 25.51 (Chikkahonnavally, Tiptur Tq, Tumkur district) to 64.63 (Thimalapura, Tiptur Tq, Tumkur district) per cent which emphasized the need to educate the farmers through various extension means. Top Keywords Pigeonpea, CFLD, Extension gap, Technology gap, Productivity. Top |