Vol. 10, Special Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Ningdalli Mallikarjun, Sunilkumar NM, Akshaykumar, Rakesh Varma and Jyoti R

Abstract:
Demonstrations on of Micronutrient through foliar spray conducted by ICAR KVK, Bidar emphasized on sustainable production of vegetables with higher yield which ultimately improves the economy and better livelihood of the vegetable grower. The present demonstrations were carried out in tomato during 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively. The average number of fruits per plant was 10.81, 9.90 and 10.81 during 2018-19, 2019- 20 and 2020-21 respectively. The other yield parameters were also recorded in increasing trend. The net returns were recorded 3,52,000 Rs/ha, 2,48,440 Rs/ha and 2,36,640 Rs/ha during 2018-19, 2019- 20 and 2020-21 respectively. There was increased productivity over farmers practice and reduced extension gap and technology gap was could be due to variation in the soil fertility, varied climatic conditions, GMP followed by the farmers and also higher rated technology adoption. The present technology was very much feasible based on the lower technology index recorded in the study.