Awareness and Adoption of Avtar and Merger Fungicides | A Study in Tiruchirappalli and Theni Districts of Tamilnadu

Gurusamy Dhamotharan (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3659110507 / ISBN 13: 9783659110504

Published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012

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Awareness and Adoption of Avtar and Merger Fungicides | A Study in Tiruchirappalli and Theni Districts of Tamilnadu | Gurusamy Dhamotharan (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659110504 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Awareness and Adoption of Avtar and Merger Fungicides | A Study in Tiruchirappalli and Theni Districts of Tamilnadu
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659110507
• ISBN 13: 9783659110504
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.