Research Associate, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Rudrur, Nizamabad District, Telangana
Online published on 2 December, 2015.
Vegetables provide a good source of income to the growers and play an important role in human nutrition by forming the most important component of a balanced diet. They are quick growing and yield immediate returns to the growers. Component-wise knowledge indicates that in both the crops (okra and cucumber) the respondents had good knowledge only in one component i.e. harvesting (75–76 MPS) however, in rest of the components the mean score was less than 33 percent. The respondents scored lowest in the component plant protection measures (7.53–9.06 MPS) followed by irrigation (18.2 – 21.5 MPS), weeding (21.66 – 22 MPS), manure and fertilizer application (21.46 – 30.4 MPS), seed and sowing (25.3 – 26.54 MPS) and soil and field preparation (30.5–32 MPS).
