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Treatments

Crop Production

1

Assessment of natural farming module paddy for maintaining soil health and sustainable yields

T₁ -  APCNF POP

Seed treatment with 5 % Beejamrutham,  100 kg FYM + 400 kg Ghanajeevamrutham per acre, Jeevamrutham @ 400 litre/acre as spray covering both soil and crop or soil application as drenching from 15 DAS till 15 days before harvesting, whichever is feasible at 15 days interval, manual weeding, Azolla 5 kg,  Use of Neemasthram (100 l/ac), Agniasthram (6 l/ac), Bramhastram for pest control and sour butter milk (6 lit make up to 150 Lit) & Plant growth promoters  for disease control

T₂ - ANGRAU Nutrient package: Green manure with Dhiancha @ 15 kg per acre and in situ  incorporation at 50% flowering, FYM@ 4 t/acre, Azospirillum, PSB and KRB @ 2 kg/acre or 500ml/acre each along with 100 kg FYM at the time of planting, neem cake@ 200kg/acre or vermicompost @ 500 kg /acre  at tillering and PI stage   

Pest management practices: Application of Pseudomonos fluorescence spray @10ml/lit, Azadirectin 3000 ppm at nursery, 10 and 25 DAT @ 5 ml/L, Trichogramma japonicum (Trichocards) @ 40,000/acre/release, erection of bird perches @20 per acre, installation of pheromone traps @8 per acre, formation of alleyways, alternate wetting and drying and 5 % NSKE (neem seed kernel extract)

T3 - Farmers practice – Chemical farming(150:120:0-30 Kg NPK/ha)

2

Assessment of Integrated use of VAM and ZnSO₄ on ‘P’ Nutrition and Performance of redgram in high phosphorus  soils

T₁:- 20 N + 25 kg  P₂O₅/ha + 20 kg ZnSO₄/ha + VAM 12.5 kg/ha

T₂ – RDF (20 N + 50 P₂0₅)

FP-    Farmers practice (DAP or Use of complex fertilizers).

3

Assessment on nitrogen management through leaf colour chart (LCC) in Maize

T₁  -  Nitrogen (N) management through Leaf colour chart (LCC)

T₂ -  Soil test based Nitrogen management

T₃-    Farmers practice (250-60-00 NPK/ha)

4

Assessment of handpush seed drill for line sowing in Maize

T1: Handpush seed  drill

T2: Mechanical Planting

T3: Manual sowing

Plant Protection

1

Assessment of efficacy of bio-intensive management of BPH in organic rice

T₁ - formation of alleyways, alternate wetting and drying field, spraying of 5%NSKE (Neem seed kernel extract), Tutu kadakashayam and Metarhizium rileyi 2g/lit

 T₂ –Spraying of insecticides acephate 1.5g/lit and pymetrozin 0.6g/lit.

T₃ –Spraying of pexalon @ 0.48ml/lit

2

Assessment of methyl eugenol traps for the management of guava and mango fruit fly.

T₁ - Remove and destruction of infected and fallen fruits.

⮚       Regular ploughing of the soil in the basin to destroy the pupal stage.

⮚       Ethyl alcohol 60ml + methyl eugenol 40ml+malathion 20 ml

⮚       Wrapping of fruits.

T₂ – Methyl eugenol 2ml + malathion 2ml+1 litre water + soaked fly wood pieces.If incidence is more               arrangement of  100 g jaggery + 5ml malathion bait in different places of garden

T₃ –spraying of malathion

3

Assessment of integrated disease management against viral diseases in greengram

T₁ -  Sowing of resistant variety LGG-607

• Seed treatment with imidacloprid 600 FS @5ml/kg and Carbendazim+mancozeb 3g/kg seed.
• Border crop with sorghum or maize.
• Removal and destruction of virus infected plants.
• Installation of yellow and blue sticky traps @ 20each/acre.
• Spraying of 5% NSKE or neem oil 5ml/lit at 20DAS.
• Spraying of acetamiprid @0.2g/lit or profenophos @1.5ml/lit or acephate @ 1.5g/lit or fipronil 5SC @1.5ml/lit at 10-15days interval based on pest incidence.

T₂ –Seed treatment with Thiamethoxam 30%FS @ 10ml/kg

• Growing of sunnhemp as a trap crop.
• Installation of  yellow and blue sticky traps @ 25/ac each.
• The avoidance of broad-spectrum insecticides before flowering and to encourages the natural enemies population and spraying of  azadirachtin 10000ppm @ 1 ml/lit or Bacillus thuringiensis @ 1 ml/lit
• For control of sucking insects spray any one of the following insecticides

Thiamethoxam 25 % WG @ 0.2 g/lit

Imidacloprid 17.80 % SL @ 0.2 ml/lit

Buprofezin 25 % SC @ 2 ml/lit.

T₃ –indiscriminate use of insecticides: Solomon (Beta-cyfluthrin 8.49+Imidacloprid 19.81 OD) 1ml/lit 

4

Assessment of integrated management of pod borer complex and SMD of pigeonpea.

T₁ - Seed treatment with imidacloprid @  5g/kg seed and rhizobium @ 10g/kg seed.

⮚        Application of dicofol 5ml/litre at 35-40 DAS, followed by application of propergite @ 2ml/litre at 60-65 DAS.

⮚       Application of azadirachtin 1500 ppm @ 5ml/litre at flower bud initiation stage.

⮚       Application of Bt.kurstaki at 50% flowering, followed by chlorantraniliprole @ 0.3ml/lit, cypermethrin @ 0.4 ml/lit.

T₂ –Roughing out infected plants upto 40 days after sowing; spraying with fenazaquin 10% EC @ 200               ml/are after appearance of the disease and if necessary repeat after 15 days against mites.

⮚       Spraying of emamectin benzoate 5% SG 0.4 g/lt, chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC @ 0.3 ml per litre.

T₃ – Spraying of cyfluthrin + imidacloprid 300 OD @ 1ml/lit (Slomon), novaluron+ emamectin     benzoate 1.5ml/lit (Barazide).

Horticulture

1

Assessment of YVMV resistant okra variety Kashi Chaman

T_1-Kashi Chaman      

T₂ -Punjab Suhawani             

T₃-Farmer’s Practice (Super Green)

2

Assessment of marigold hybrids Arka Abhi and Arka Bhanu

T_1- Arka Abhi      

 T_2- Arka Bhanu       

T₃-Farmer’s practice –Indus 27

3

Assessment of Chilli hybrid Arka Yashasvi against local hybrids

T₁:ArkaYashasvi      

 T₂: MahycoYashaswini    

 T₃:Farmers practice   (Teja) 

4

Assessment of brinjal varieties Arka Keshav and Arka Nidhi

T₁: Arka Keshav
T₂: Arka Nidhi

T₃:Farmers practice  (Kanakadurga)                                 

Veterinary Science

1

Assessment of probiotic yeast supplement on milk production in milch buffaloes

T₁: Concentrate feed + Probiotic yeast 15grams/day + 2% sodium bi carbonate

T₂:  Concentrate feed + Probiotic yeast 5g/day

FP: Concentrate feeding

2

Assessment of Moringa leaf  supplement on body weight  in weaned lambs

T₁:Concentrate feed incorporated with 10% moringa leaf meal

T₂:  Concentrate feed incorporated with 5% moringa leaf meal

FP:  Concentrate feed

3

Assessment of  improved fodder sorghum CoFS 33and leguminous fodder perennial for round the year fodder production

T₁: CoFS 33 + hedge lucerne

T₂:  CoFS 31 + hedge lucerne

Farmers practice : Sorghum Sudan grass

4

Assessment of different poultry breed suitable to backyard 

T₁: Ghagus

T₂: Rajasri

Farmers practice : desi birds

Home Science

1

Assessment of dehydration of vegetables and fruits through different drying techniques

T1 : Solar cabinet dryer

T2: Electrical drying

T3: Open sun drying (Farmers Practice)

2

Assessment of millet based breakfast mixes

T1- Jowar ravva mix (Jowar ravva mix 100%)

T2-Jowar+Wheat ravva ready mix (Jowar ravva (50%)+ Wheat ravva (50%)

FP- Wheat ravva mix (Wheat ravva mix 100%)

3

Assessment of antioxidant rich millet based nutribars

T1 = Antioxidant rich millet bars (Source: ANGRAU, 2023)

T2 = Millet Nutribars (Source: IIMR)

T3 = Locally available nutribars /energy bars)

4

Assessment of whey-Fruit juice probiotic beverages

T1 = Whey – Fruit juice (locally available) based beverage

T2 = Whey – Apple juice beverage (source: ANGRAU, 2022)

T3 = Local Milk based beverages

Extension Studies

1

Knowledge and adoption level of the farmers towards scientific rearing practices of livestock in NTR District

2

Critical analysis of natural farming practices followed in NTR District

3

A study on Impact of technology interventions of KVK in NTR district of Andhra Pradesh