National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was conducted in one horticultural zone of district Budgam namely Chareshareef to measure the adoption levels of pear growers. Six villages were selected randomly from the zone and 120 growers were randomly selected by using proportionate sampling technique for the study. It was found that Cent percent of the respondents had full knowledge of recommended varieties, root stock, soil type, budding method of propagation and time of harvesting. Majority of the respondents had full knowledge of recommended application of FYM (78.33%), no. of applications of urea (82.5%), grafting method of propagation (58.33%), rusetting management (60%), Sanjose scale (49.17%), while (80.83%), (88.3%) of the respondents had partial knowledge of recommended spacing, applications of urea respectively, DAP (89.17%), MOP (90%), no. of applications of MOP (88.33%). Whereas, (64.17%) respondents had no knowledge of recommended pollinizers, orchard layout (68.30%), (52.5%), (55%) and (59.17%) applied micro-nutrient, concentration of CaCl2and appropriate time for application respectively training and pruning system (98.3%). While in case of overall knowledge (70%) of the respondents had medium level of knowledge. The independent variables- age, education, family size, land holding, occupation, annual income, experience in pear cultivation, sources of information and scientific orientation were significant and positively related with knowledge level of respondents. While as, age was negatively significant and extension contacts and extension participation were not associated with the knowledge level of the respondents.
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