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SARADA and SUNEEL KUMAR
Table 3. Overall adoption scores of chickpea farmers on selected IPM practices
S. Category Beneficiary farmers n=50 Non-beneficiary farmers n=50
No.
Freq % Freq %
1 Low 6 12.00 24 48.00
2 Medium 26 52.00 22 44.00
3 High 18 36.00 4 8.00
Total 50 100.00 50 100.00
Table 4. Response analysis of adoption of chickpea farmers on selected IPM practices
S.
N
o.
IPM practices
recommended
1 Deep summer
ploughing
2 Use of wilt
disease
resistant/tolera
nt varieties
3 Seed treatment
with
carbendazim/th
iaram
4 Sowing of
marigold as
trap crop for
Helicoverpa
5 Helicoverpa
and
Spodoptera
adult
population
monitoring
through
pheromone
traps
6 Erection of bird
perches
20/acre
7 Spraying of
5%NSKE or
neem
formulations
after observing
egg and early
larval stages of
lepidopteran
caterpillars
8 Spraying of
400 gm of
bacterial
formulation (Bt)
in 200 lts of
water twice
with one week
interval
Beneficiary farmers N=50 Non-beneficiary farmers N=50
FA PA NA FA PA NA
Frq % Frq % Frq % Frq % Frq % Frq %
50 100 0 - 0 0 34 68 0 - 16 32
31 62 0 - 19 38 18 36 0 - 32 64
28 56 14 28 8 16 0 - 2 4 48 96
39 78 10 20 1 2 6 12 20 40 23 46
8 16 18 36 24 48 0 - 3 6 47 94
19 38 28 56 3 6. 3 6 11 22 36 72
14 28 32 64 4 8. 2 4 7 14 41 82
2 4 8 16 40 80 0 - 0 - 50 100.00
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