Assessment of Frontline Demonstration on Rice Production in Telangana

Background: Rice is a major cereal crop and staple food for more than half of the world’s population. Frontline demonstrations on rice with improved varieties, production protection technologies were organized to increase productivity profitability farmers. Methods: (FLD) recently released short-duration RNR 15048 KNM 118 proven in conducted farmer’s fields by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kampasagar, PJTSAU, Nalgonda, Telangana during kharif seasons 2017-2019. Result: Higher mean yield (6314.0 kg ha-1) was obtained varieties latest agro-technologies such as seed treatment carbendazim @ 1g lt-1 water, rate 62.5 ha-1, application carbofuran 3G nursery, recommended dose fertilizers main field, need-based plant practices formation alleyways, installation pheromone traps at 25 DAT, spraying Pymetrozine 250 g ha-1 control brown hopper against local check MTU 1010 (5823.0 farmers’ practice an average 8.3% superiority observed over practice. Yield contributing traits like height (85.3 cm), number tillers m-2 (343.3), effective (319.0), panicle length (21.0 cm) straw (4904.3 maximum practice, except test weight (24.7 g). Improved resulted higher gross returns (Rs. 1, 10, 890 ha-1), net 61,675 B: C ratio (1:2.3)