Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Killikulam, Vallanad-628 252, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding author's e-mail: paramusoil@gmail.com
Online published on 19 August, 2017.
One hundred and twenty eight (128) on-farm demonstrations on Improved Production Technology (IPT) for black gram were carried out in eighty (80) hectares of farmer's fields in Sankarankovil, Vasudevanallur and Kuruvikulam blocks of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu from 2010–11 to 2012–13 under Tamil Nadu-Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water Bodies Restoration and Management (TN-IAMWARM) project. Two methods viz., Improved Production Technologies (IPT) and Conventional Method (CM) were compared. The results revealed that the adoption of Improved Production Technologies IPT) favorably influenced yield attributes and yield of black gram. The maximum seed yield (1, 053 kg ha−1) obtained from IPT which was higher than conventional method (720 kg ha−1). The best net income (25, 650) and benefit: cost (2.60) were also associated with IPT than conventional method of black gram cultivation. The additional income of 11, 762 ha−1 was obtained from IPT over Conventional Method of black gram cultivation.
Black gram, Conventional method, Economics, IPT, Seed yield, Yield attributes
