Vol. 10, Special Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Shivashenkaramurthy M, Manju MJ, Roopa S Patil, Annapurna F Neeralagi and Dr. Siddappa S Kannur

Abstract:
On farm trials were conducted in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state during Kharif season in the year 2019 and 2020 to assess the performance of Farmers practice MTU-1001 (Technology Option -1), recommended variety MGD-101 (Technology Option 2) and Sahabagidhan (Technology Option -3) Short duration paddy variety. Pooled data of two years of on farm trial showed that Sahabagidhan paddy variety performed better than other two varieties. The higher plant height, number of tillers, panicle length, number grains per panicle, grain weight per panicle, grain yield and straw yield were recorded with Sahabagidhan paddy variety as compared to MTU-1001 and MGD-101. The gross returns, net return and B:C ratio were also higher in Sahabagidhan paddy variety. The pooled data indicated that there was increase of grain yield by 42.12% and straw yield by 30.53% over farmers practice variety MTU 1001. Similarly, the gross returns and net returns of Sahabagidhan variety were increased by 41.41% and 75.50% over MGD-101 and MTU 1001, respectively. Pooled data reported that there was reduction of incidence of insect pest viz., stem borer, leaf folder, brown plant hopper and ear head bug and diseases viz., blast, grain discoloration and smut with Sahabagidhan paddy variety. Whereas, MTU-1001 and MGD-101 recorded higher incidence of insect pest and disease.