PESTICIDE USING BEHAVIOUR OF BT. COTTON GROWERS IN MEHSANA DISTRICT

H.D. DODIYA¹, J.K. PATEL²*, ANIKET DESHPANDE³, M.R. PRAJAPATI^4
1Department of Extension Education, CP College of Agriculture, SD Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Dantiwada, Banaskantha, Gujarat 385506
²Department of Extension Education, CP College of Agriculture, SD Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Dantiwada, Banaskantha, Gujarat 385506
³Department of Extension Education, CP College of Agriculture, SD Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Dantiwada, Banaskantha, Gujarat 385506
⁴Department of Extension Education, CP College of Agriculture, SD Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Dantiwada, Banaskantha, Gujarat 385506
* Corresponding Author : jk_sweta@yahoo.in

Received : 10-04-2016     Accepted : 22-04-2016     Published : 21-07-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 25       Pages : 1506 - 1510
Int J Agr Sci 8.25 (2016):1506-1510

Keywords : Behaviour, Knowledge, Integrated Pest Management, Adoption
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The study was conducted in Mehsana districts of Gujarat state was selected purposively as the most potential for production and productivity of Bt. Cotton. The purpose of study was to know the pesticide using behaviour of Bt Cotton Growers about IPM Practices. Multistage Random Sampling technique was used to select 120 farmers from 12 villages of Vijapur and Visanagar taluka. The result indicated that among the all Bt. cotton growers more than three-fifth (62.50 per cent) of the Bt. cotton growers had medium pesticide using behaviour about IPM Practices followed by 25.00 per cent of them had high pesticide using behaviour about IPM Practices. Whereas, only 12.50 percent of them had low pesticide using behaviour about IPM Practices. While in case of practice-wise pesticide using behaviour in Bt. cotton two-fifth of the respondents were used plant protection measures as per recommendation in seed treatment for sucking pests, seed treatment for diseases. The independents variables viz., education, farming experience, social participation, size of land holding, occupation, annual income, extension participation, sources of information, risk orientation, knowledge level about recommended Integrated Pest Management, and attitude towards use of pesticide were positively and significantly associated with extent pesticide using behaviour of recommended Bt. cotton plant protection measures by the Bt. cotton growers. Whereas, age had negative and non significant association with extent pesticide using behaviour of recommended Bt. cotton plant protection measures by the Bt. cotton growers.