Vol. 13, Issue 4 (2024)

Author(s):
Sakshi Guleria, Amarvir Singh Mann and Gurshaminder Singh

Abstract:
Wheat, the most crucial cereal crop, is a staple diet for two billion people, accounting for 36% of the global population, with increasing demand in urban and industrialized nations. Insect pests currently cause an annual loss to Indian agriculture of over Rs 8,63,884 million (GS Dhaliwal, Vikas Jindal, Ak Dhawan). Planting stock or seeds are the source of many insect issues. Yield reductions of up to 50% are possible with vegetatively propagated stock due to virus and disease burdens. Using clean planting materials as a starting point can help farmers significantly enhance plant health. Farmers are facing difficulties due to the pink stem borer, also known as the Gulabi Sundi, army worm (Sainik Sundi), termites, aphids, wheat weevil (at the time of storing) these are the pest which is attacking wheat in India. To control these pests, we can choose different integrated pest management practices and other pesticides. Proper ventilation is the most crucial step in storing wheat. The priority at that time should be not to use any poison-based chemical. In this whole process Firstly, we selected 5 villages namely (Sahauran, Hassanpur, Radiala, Ghataur, Allahpur) we covered 40 farmers and then made them to watch our video on wheat pest management and asked them some question before showing the video and took the result versus after showing the video and then took the result and compared these both results. Result examined that there is 27% growth in knowledge after watching video.