tailieunhanh - Extent of adoption of recommended technologies in mango

Agriculture is considered as the backbone of India, where around 70 per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture and allied activities for their livelihood. Technology generation and adoption are identified as the most important aspects to increase the productivity and production of mango. Tremendous efforts have been made to develop packages of practiced for getting maximum yield. Hence, a study was taken up to access the adoption of recommended technologies in mango cultivation among 60 mango growers in Theni District. The findings of the study revealed that the adoption of recommended technologies was found to be low under weed management, plant protection, fertilizer application and high in recommended technologies of variety, spacing, training, pruning and time of harvest. | 2019 8 7 2783-2787 EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 07 2019 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Extent of Adoption of Recommended Technologies in Mango M. Jeyalakshmi K. Harish . Karthick A. Kavya J. Mahesh Kumar S. Mahi Yaswanth M. Monica C. Pon Alagammai and M. Theradimani Department of Social Science and Humanities College of Agricultural Technology Kullapuram Theni- 625 562 Tamil Nadu India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Adoption Mango Mango growers Technology Article Info Accepted 20 JUne 2019 Available Online 10 July 2019 Agriculture is considered as the backbone of India where around 70 per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture and allied activities for their livelihood. Technology generation and adoption are identified as the most important aspects to increase the productivity and production of mango. Tremendous efforts have been made to develop packages of practiced for getting maximum yield. Hence a study was taken up to access the adoption of recommended technologies in mango cultivation among 60 mango growers in Theni District. The findings of the study revealed that the adoption of recommended technologies was found to be low under weed management plant protection fertilizer application and high in recommended technologies of variety spacing training pruning and time of harvest. Introduction Mango is one of the most important tropical fruits of the world and it has been rightly referred to as the King of fruits in India . Indo Burmasian region and Philippines are considered to be the probable places of the origin of mango. The mango is one of the most ancient fruits of India. The botanical name for the mango is Mangnifera indica L belongs to the dicotyledonous family Anacardiaceae. It is the leading fruit crop of India cultivated in about .