Proposed OFT

Season:

Rabi

Title of the OFT

Eco-friendly management practices to control fruit fly in cucurbits.

Thematic Area:

Integrated Pest management

Problem diagnosed

Most of the fruit of cucurbits damage due to fruit fly, ultimately yield affected and farmers indiscriminate use hard insecticides which is harmful for human. 

Important Cause

Due to crop damage farmers could not achieve desired production.

Production system:

Vegetables cropping system

Micro farming

system:

Medium-Up land

Technology for

Testing:

Farmers practice- Use of any pesticides as per their knowledge.

TO1- Commercial fruit fly pheromone trap @ 10/h.

TO2- Self made poison bait fruit fly trap @ 10/h.

Existing Practice:

Farmers indiscriminate use hard insecticides

Hypothesis:

Protect crop by attack of fruit fly keeping in view environmentally safe.

Objective(s):

To enhance the income of farmers through vegetable production.

Treatments

Farmers practice- Use of any pesticides as per their knowledge.

TO1- Commercial fruit fly pheromone trap @ 10/h.

TO2- Self-made poison bait fruit fly trap @ 10/h.

Critical Inputs:

Pheromone trap/Insecticide for self-made poison bait fruit fly trap

Unit Size:

2000 sqm

No of Replications:

10

Unit Cost:

Rs.500

Total Cost:

Rs.5000

Monitoring

Indicator:

Technological observations: 

                      Number of fruits/infected fruits at different harvest      

                      Insect infestation (%)

                      Yield (q/ha)

Economic indicators:

                     Cost of cultivation(Rs.)

                     Net return (Rs.)

                     B:C Ratio

Source of Technology

(ICAR/AICRP/SAU/

Other):

DRPCAU, Pusa

Season:

Rabi

Title of the OFT

Management  of Phytophthora heart rot and root rot disease in pineapple

Thematic Area:

Integrated disease management

Problem diagnosed

Heart rot and root rot one of the major disease caused by Phytophthora parasitica and P. cinnamoni is the most serious problem in all the pineapple growing area. So development of  integrated disease management technology is very necessary.

Important Cause

Phytophthora  parasitica and P. cinnamon cause mortality in pineapple.

Production system:

Pineapple farming situation.

Micro farming

system:

Medium-Up land

Technology for

Testing:

TO1- (i) Soil application of Trichoderma sp. @ 5 Kg/ha with FYM

         (ii) Fosetyl AL @ 1000 ppm bi-monthly spray with first spray   

                after two month of planting.

TO2- (i) Soil application of Trichoderma sp. @ 5 Kg with FYM 

          (ii) Mancozeb @ 2000 ppm and Difenconazole @ 1000 ppm      

               alternate bi-monthly spray with first spray after two month  

                of planting. 

Existing Practice:

No use of any fungicide

Hypothesis:

Protect crop by Heart rot and root rot for quality production

Objective(s):

To enhance the farmers income through quality production

Treatments

TO1- (i) Soil application of Trichoderma sp. @ 5 Kg/ha with FYM

         (ii) Fosetyl AL @ 1000 ppm bi-monthly spray with first spray   

                after two month of planting.

TO2- (i) Soil application of Trichoderma sp. @ 5 Kg with FYM 

          (ii) Mancozeb @ 2000 ppm and Difenconazole @ 1000 ppm      

               alternate bi-monthly spray with first spray after two month  

                of planting. 

Critical Inputs:

Trichoderma, , Fosetyl AL, Mancozeb, Difenconazole

Unit Size:

1000 sqm

No of Replications:

10

Unit Cost:

Rs.1000

Total Cost:

Rs. 10000

Monitoring

Indicator:

Technological observations:

Observation on disease severity, Plant mortality after 5 days of each spray,   ( Disease infestation% )

                      Yield ( q/ha )

Economic indicators:

                     Cost of cultivation(Rs.)

                     Net return (Rs.)

                     B:C Ratio

Season:

Rabi

Title of the OFT

Performance evaluation of raised bed with paddy straw mulch in potato production.

Thematic Area:

Resource Conservation Technology 

Problem diagnosed

Potato producers are facing increasing costs of cultivation, incidence of potato late blight, and a delay in sowing next crop.

Important Cause

Low yield accompanied with high cultivation costs, incidence of late blight, and delay in growing the following crop in the field.

Production system:

Rice-Potato-Maize

Micro farming system:

Medium and up land situation

Technology for Testing:

Raised bed with paddy straw mulch & Zero tillage with paddy straw mulch

Existing Practice:

Farmers practice Flat method or ridge method

Hypothesis:

1. Low incidence of insect- pest (99 % reduction of damage by cut worm) and delayed late blight incident.
2. Effective way of weed management (80-95 % reduction of weed incidence)
3. Early harvesting to facilitate timely sowing of upcoming crops.

Objective(s):

Climate resilient technology based potato production

Treatments

1. Farmer’s Practice: Sowing of potato in plough field and earthing up.
2. TO₁ – Zero tillage with rice straw mulch (ZTRM)

1. TO₂ – Raised bed with rice straw mulch (RBRM)

Critical Inputs:

Tuber

Unit Size:

1000 m²

No of Replications:

08

Unit Cost:

1250/-

Total Cost:

10000/-

Monitoring Indicator:

1. Technological observations:

• No of tuber/plants
• Days of maturity
• Average Yield (q/ha.)

      B. Economics:

• Cost of cultivation (Rs/ha)
• Net return (Rs/ha)
• B:C ratio

Source of Technology

(ICAR/AICRP/SAU/Other):

CIP, Shillong

Season:

Rabi

Title of the OFT

Performance assessment of pineapple variety MD 2 in Kishanganj district.

Thematic Area:

Varietal evaluation

Problem diagnosed

Pineapple farming is more expensive (about Rs one lakh per acre). In Kishanganj, farmers exclusively produce the kew and queen varieties, which have a poor shelf life.

Important Cause

Poor shelf life of existing pineapple varieties

Production system:

Pineapple based farming

Micro farming system:

Up land situation

Technology for Testing:

Performance of Variety MD 2

Existing Practice:

Local variety Kew & Queen

Hypothesis:

1. Adoptability of new variety due to superior quality, yield, and shelf life of the product.
2. Variety will boost the revenue of district.

Objective(s):

Introduction of new variety in kishnagnaj

Treatments

1. Farmer’s Practice: local variety
2. TO₁ – Queen (Tissue culture or Suckers)
3. TO₂ – MD2 (Tissue culture or Suckers)

Critical Inputs:

Suckers

Unit Size:

1000 m²

No of Replications:

08

Unit Cost:

1250/-

Total Cost:

10000/-

Monitoring Indicator:

1. Technological observations:

• Days of D-leaf
• Days of 50 % flowering
• Days of maturity
• Fruit yield (q/ha.)

      B.  Economics:

• Yield (q/ha)
• Cost of cultivation (Rs/ha)
• Net return (Rs/ha)
• B:C ratio

Source of Technology

(ICAR/AICRP/SAU/Other):

BAU, Sabour

Title of the OFT

Improvement of Nitrogen use efficiency in rice

Problem diagnosed

Excessive use of chemical fertilizer and Spiraling price of urea leads to increase in cost of cultivation

Technology for Testing:

Farmers practice- RDF (100:40:20) Kg/ha

TO1- 50% of RDN & 100% PK + nano urea @4ml/lt. water (Single spray at pre flowering stage).

TO2- 50% of RDN & 100% PK + 2 sprays of Nano Urea at (25 to 30 days) and (60-65 days) @ 4 ml/lt water.

(Especially for Medium duration variety of BAU Sabour, BAU Ranchi and Dr RPCAU, Pusa, ICAR RCER, Patna)

Monitoring Indicator:

Plot size (10x10 m2)per in each tech. option, soil data before and after (pH, EC, OC, NPK,), Yield data, No. of eff