Formerly International Journal of Basic and Applied Agricultural Research

Studies on Indigenous Agricultural Technical Knowledge prevalent among the farmers of Assam for the management of common pests and diseases in major crops

DEVAMITRA TARAFDAR and NIRMAL MAZUMDER
Pantnagar Journal of Research, Volume - 18, Issue - 3 ( September-December, 2020)

Published: 2020-12-31

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Abstract


A study on IATKs commonly practiced related to the management of common pests and diseases of major crops followed by the farmers of Jorhat district, Assam, was under taken. The aim of the study was to create a database on common IATKs, to determine the effectiveness of identified IATKs as perceived by farmers and also to determine the scientific rationality of the identified IATKs as perceived by Agricultural Scientists. Both pre-tested structured schedules as well as questionnaire were used to collect data from field level and institutional level, respectively. It revealed that in rice, studied, 32 number of IATKs were targeted against major insect pests like stem borer, rice hispa, gundhi-bug, case-worm, rodents and birds and only 3 numbers were found to be used against the diseases like brown spot, blast and bacterial leaf blight. In case of stored grains pests of rice and pulse, only three numbers of IATK were predominantly used. Whereas in potato, brinjal, cucurbits, tomato, chilli and cole crops 4, 3, 3, 2, 1 and 1 numbers of practices, respectively were recorded to be used against different common pest and diseases.


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