Front Line Demonstrations

Discipline

Title

Treatments

No.

of locations

Economics

 

Yield (kg/ha)

Net income (Rs/ha)

B:C ratio

 

Crop production

Demonstration of  cowpea variety TPTC-29

T1:TPTC-29

10

850

26000

2.04

 

T2:Meghana

790

22400

1.90

 

Demonstration of Groudnut variety Dheeraj (TCGS 1073)

T1: Dheeraj (TCGS 1073)

10

1600

56000

2.4

 

T2: K 6

1200

32000

1.8

 

Effectiveness of ICM practices in Kharif groundnut

T1:Dharani

50

1180

6247

1.15

 

T2:K-6

1060

1580

1.04

 

Crop Protection

Evaluation of IPM practices for South American tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta) in tomato

Spraying of neemoil @5ml/lit of water at 15-20DAP

Installing pheromone traps @ 25/ha at 20-25DAP

Spraying of chlorantraniliprole @0.3ml /lit of water

10

51000

1,68,000

1.7

 

Farmers practice (Spraying of insecticide after pest appearance

49500

1,48,125

 

1.59

 

Management of mango stem borer using sealer cum healer

T1:  Use of Sealer cum healer

10

Time taken for recovery: 1.5-2 months

 

T2:  Farmers practice

Time taken for recovery: 4-5 months

 

Effectiveness of integrated pest management of shoot and fruit borer in brinjal

T1: Pheromone traps @10/acre

       Two sprays of Bt @ 1ml/lit at 15days interval during peak flowering stage

       Spraying of spinosad @ 0.3ml/lit of water at fruiting stage

10

60500

1,07,500

 

1.52

 

T2 : Farmers ractice (Spraying insecticides alone)

56400

62000

1.28

 

 

 

Crop Protection

Demonstration of  Redrot resistant sugarcane variety Swarnamukhi

T2: Swarnamukhi

06

Crop is at vegetative stage

 

T1: Local variety (86V96)

 

 

 

 

Horticulture

Nutrient management in Mango for regular bearing

ICM practices by DrYSRHU

10

10,500

1,57,000

2.13

 

Farmers Practices

8,000

1,20,000

1.41

 

Multiple cropping system in mango for sustainable income

Multiple cropping with vegetabelss in mango orchards

10

12,000 mango

+

28 tonnes vegetables

2,72,000

3.22

 

Mono cropping of mango

10,000

1,00,000

1.65

 

Integrated crop management practices in Tomato

ICM Prctices by DrYSRHU

10

27,400

4,48,600

3.14

 

Farmers Practices

20,600

3,13,150

2.72

 

Integrated crop management practices in papaya

ICM Prctices by DrYSRHU

10

40,000

3,20,000

2.80

 

Farmers Practices

25,000

2,00,000

1.60

 

Demonstration of New High Yielding Muskmelon variety Arka Siri

Arka Siri

10

14,000

84,000

1.12

 

FP (Kundan)

22,000

1,60,000

2.52

 

 

 

Crop Production

 

                                  Trial. 1/FLD/KVK/KLK/Kharif/2012

Popularization of intercropping in groundnut with redgram

Intercropping of rainfed groundnut (Dharani) with redgram (TRG-38) obtained an additional  income of Rs.12290/ha and benefit cost ratio of 1.54 compared to sole groundnut crop during kharif 2012.

Trial. 2/FLD/KVK/KLK/Kharif/2012

Crop diversification in groundnut with redgram

Redgram (TRG-38) recorded the seed yield of 865kg/ha with an additional income of Rs 16825/ha and benefit cost ratio of 2.16 than monocropping of groundnut in westren mandals of chittoor Dt during kharif,2012

Trial. 3/FLD/KVK/KLK/Rabi/2012

Popularization of chemical weed management for the control of weeds in sugarcane

 popularization of chemical weed management in sugarcane. At present the crop is at 45-50DAP. Post emergence herbicides  will be distributed during the last week of March,2013.

 

 

Plant Protection

  

                            Trial. 1/FLD/KVK/KLK/Kharif/2012

Mangement of Leaf miner in groundnut

To control groundnut leaf miner, intercropping with jowar at 7:1 ratio and arranging pheromone traps @ 4/acre were followed and the farmer got nearly 10,150/- rupees net income per hectare.