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 |
Brinjal is the one of the major vegetable crop grown in Tamil Nadu and the crop is grown throughout the year. Brinjal is one among the crop which consumes more chemicals for management of pest and diseases. The farmers are convinced about the predictable level of controlled achieved with pesticides. Though pesticides have contributed for management of pest, there is a growing concern about indiscriminate use of pesticides in agriculture that resulted in health issues, destruction of beneficial insects, pesticide residues and environmental pollution. Keeping this in view, the study was carried out with 120 farmers from Thalaivasal and Gangavalli blocks of Salem district, Tamil Nadu. Salem district is purposively selected as it is one among the major brinjal growing areas in the state. Thalaivasal and Gangavalli blocks were selected based on more area under brinjal cultivation. Data collected through pre-tested interview schedule. The results of the study revealed that most of the farmers were found to have medium to high level of adoption on brinjal plant protection practices. Majority of the farmers resort to chemical, mechanical method of control and only 15 percent of the farmers adopt biological control methods.
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