Awareness and Adoption of Avtar and Merger Fungicides: A Study in Tiruchirappalli and Theni Districts of Tamilnadu - Couverture souple

Dhamotharan, Gurusamy; Sivakumar, S.D. Sivakumar; Theodore, Ravikumar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3659110507 ISBN 13 : 9783659110504

Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Pests have been one of the major problems in crop cultivation and it was reported that pests caused about 17.1 per cent of yield loss. This necessitated the adoption of appropriate pest control measures by various Agri input firms. Indofil chemical company has launched Contact + Systemic Fungicides named AVTAR and MERGER in november,2009. Avtar had been recommended for many crops such as paddy sheath blight, paddy grain discoloration, paddy brown leaf spot and paddy leaf blast, downy mildew, banana shikatoka leaf spot, powdery mildew in grapes and tikka diseases. Merger was recommended only for paddy blast.The case firm conducted campaign program, farmers meeting and print media advertisement as the promotional measures. The awareness and adoption of these new fungicides by farmers required field level study. Hence, an attempt was made to examine the awareness and adoption of Avtar and Merger among the stakeholders and to estimate the satisfaction for the Avtar and Merger fungicides in Theni and Tiruchirapalli districts of Tamil Nadu. From this study the following findings are drawn.· Majority of the sample farmers were unaware of Avtar and Merger.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mr. P.G.Dhamotharan is currently working as the Research Scholar in the Dept.of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. Dr.S.D.Sivakumar (Chairman) is working as Professor in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.Dr.Ravikumar Theodore (Member of the Advisory committee) is also working as Professor in T N A U.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3659110507
• ISBN 13: 9783659110504
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 84
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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