Jhelum, no doubt is an excellent rice variety but under the micro-climatic conditions which favour blast disease adopting recommended management practice against the disease becomes essential. In a situation when farmer fails to execute the disease management practices in time, there always remains a risk of crop being damaged by diseases. Moreover, Integrated Disease Management (IDM) which is a well established technology to reduce the disease pressure on a crop not only reduced cost of cultivation by curtailment in expenditure on pesticide purchase and labour but also increases farm income through improvement in crop yield. This approach is environmentally safe and farmers friendly. It promises higher yield and at the same time minimizes threat to the environment. In IDM approach, development and adaptation of disease resistant/ tolerant high yielding crop variety plays a pivotal role.
Author(s) Details:
T. Mubarak,
Mountain Research Center for Field Crops, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kashmir (J & K)-192021, India.
Z. A. Bhat,
Division of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kashmir (J & K)- 191102, India.
A. Shakoor,
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kulgam, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kashmir (J & K)-192231, India.
Hasseb-Ur-Rehman,
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kulgam, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kashmir (J & K)-192231, India.
Shahid A. Sheergojari,
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kulgam, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kashmir (J & K)-192231, India.
