17Jul 2017

SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF CERTAIN TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE (TK) BASED ORGANIC MANURE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PEST AND PATHOGENS OF RICE.

  • Manipur University, Department of Life sciences, Canchipur, Manipur, India- 795003.
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The experiment was carried out in a rice field located at Mayang Imphal under Imphal West district of Manipur, during June-July for two consecutive years (2011 and 2012) and pest and disease parameters were recorded. During the experiment, treatments used for each plot (4m2) with a spacing of 20x15cm includes 3 green manure levels (2.5 tons/ha, 5 tons/ha and 7.5 tons/ha of Colocasiaesculenta Linn., 3 decomposed cow dung manure levels (2.5 tons/ha, 5 tons/ha and 7.5 tons/ha) and a control check (100-40-30kgNPK/ha). The results of this experiment indicated that the population of stem borer and case worm on the chemical fertilizer treatments exhibited the severe outbreak more than in the treatments of green manure crops and decomposed cow dung manure. Also, the disease incidence of blast and brown spot was also reduced in the respective plots as compared to the control check. The experimental results suggest that certain traditional knowledge based organic manure are quite effective in controlling the menace of pests and diseases of rice crops.

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[Santosh Thoudam and Chhetry G. K. N. (2017); SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF CERTAIN TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE (TK) BASED ORGANIC MANURE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PEST AND PATHOGENS OF RICE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 480-484] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Santosh Thoudam
Manipur University, Department of Life sciences, Canchipur, Manipur, India- 795003

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4742      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4742

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