Assessment of Coriander Varieties through On-Farm Trials in Arid Zone of Gujarat

Abstract

ICAR-CAZRI, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kukma, Bhuj conducted on farm trials for the assessment of coriander varieties performance in different villages of Anjar and Bhuj Talukas of Kachchh, Gujarat during rabi season from 2018-19 to 2020-21. The experimentation was carried with varieties Gujarat coriander-3, Ajmer Coriander-2 and local variety of farmers (control) and found that Gujarat coriander-3 was performed best in terms of yield and economics followed by Ajmer Coriander-2. Yield attributes of improved technologies (IT) and farmers’ practice (FP) were recorded, and percent yield increase, technology gap, extension gap, technology index and economics were examined. Regarding yield, Gujarat coriander-3 recorded the highest average seed yield (1823.33 kg ha-1) followed by Ajmer Coriander-2 (1626.67 kg ha-1) whereas local variety of farmers recorded the lowest of (1493.33 kg ha-1). The average increases in yield of Gujarat coriander-3 and Ajmer Coriander-2 over the farmers’ practice were 22.10 percent and 8.93 percent, respectively. The technology gap was highest for Gujarat coriander-3 (330 kg ha-1) followed by Ajmer Coriander-2 (133.34 kg ha-1). The technology index values were almost same for both the improved varieties; Gujarat coriander-3 (17.12%) and Ajmer Coriander-2 (17.84%). This gap might be due to various constraints such as soil fertility, availability of low moisture content, sowing time and climatic hazards, etc. In economic point of views, the maximum net returns of Rs. 73450 ha-1 and B: C ratio of 3.01 was registered by Gujarat coriander-3 followed by Ajmer Coriander-2 registered a net profit of Rs. 61050 ha-1 with B:C of 2.67, while it was lowest in local check.