Studies on Impact of Adoption of Botanical Based Pesticides along with other IPM Techniques among Cabbage Growers of Tumkur District

Abstract

The control of DBM and other pests of cabbage are done exclusively by spraying of synthetic insecticides. Of all the pests of cabbage, DBM has developed resistance to many of pesticides and it has become very difficult. In this context, an effort was made to demonstrate Integrated Pest management practices include Neem and Pomgamia soap. The adoption of IPM assessed in terms of yield, returns and cost revealed a definite positive economic impact of adoption of IPM technology on cabbage.. The yield was higher on Demo plot (22054.1 Kg/Acre) than control plot (18056.44 kg/Acre). The net returns were higher by Rs. 69214.5/Acre, indicating an increase of 54.40 per cent due to adoption of IPM. The BCR was higher at 2.68 for Demo plot than control plot at 1.94. The major constraints for adoption of IPM are the non-availability of seeds of the trap crop at the time of sowing of main crop and non-availability of botanicals at nearby pesticide dealers.