International Journal of Farm Sciences

Trichoderma harzianum is a saprophytic fungus which is used as biological control agent against a wide range of economically important aerial and soil borne plant pathogens. Junagadh Agricultural University has been engaged in production of T harzianum in the brand name Sawaj Trichoderma and making it available to the farming community since the year 2005–06. The study was conducted to know the farmers’ perception about the use of Sawaj Trichoderma. Total 100 respondents were selected for the study from five Talukas of the district who had used brand Sawaj Trichoderma. They believed in doing after seeing as 68 per cent followed others in case of innovativeness; 63 per cent respondents had medium risk orientation and majority of the respondents used Sawaj Trichoderma in crops like groundnut (35%) and cumin (33%). Farmers gave first rank to the statement ‘application of Trichoderma is beneficial where fungal diseases appear in soil every year’ with weightage mean score (WMS) 4.84. The lowest ranking was given to the statements ‘there is no benefit of application of Trichoderma’ (XXII). The farmers were highly satisfied with the effectiveness and usefulness of Sawaj Trichoderma.