Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Shinde SS, Patil CS, Deore BV and Pawar SA

Abstract:
A survey conducted in the Ahmednagar, Pune and Nashik district of Western Maharashtra to study the insecticides usage pattern in spinach during 2019 to 2020. The survey revealed that majority of spinach growers relied on novel insecticides (52.95%) followed by conventional (37.84%) and biopesticides (9.21%). As regard awareness and farmer perception, 68.50% farmers knew severity of insect pest problems in spinach, nearly 58% farmers were aware about the natural enemies, 68.66% know about biopesticides usage and very less i.e., 26.66% growers of spinach know about the harmful effect of insecticides and they did not follow any precautions to avoid harmful effects. Majority of the farmers did not know about safe waiting period for harvesting of spinach after application of insecticides.