Chickpea (Cicer arietinum l.) production enhancement through frontline demonstration

Abstract

The management of fungal diseases in gram has relied heavily on chemical fungicides. However, concerns over environmental pollution, pesticide residues in food and the development of fungicide resistance in pathogens have prompted a shift towards sustainable and eco-friendly disease management strategies. In the present study, 60 frontline demonstrations (FLDs) on Trichoderma were conducted in an area of 14 ha during Rabi 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2022-23. The finding of the study show that extension gap that ranged from 01.89 to 01.09q ha-1 emphasizes that there is need to educate the farmers by many ways for adoption of improved production methods. The results revealed that due to front line demonstration on chickpea an average yield was observed 10.19q/ha as compared to farmers practice 08.60 q/ha during 2019-20. In 2020-21 an average yield was observed 11.16q/ha as compared to farmers practice 09.27 q/ha and in 2021-22 an average yield was observed 10.47q/ha as compared to farmers practice 09.38 q/ha.