Department of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India.
The study was conducted in Punjab state to find out the present status of adoption of chemical weed control against Phalaris minor, stages at which this practice was rejected by the farmers, constraints and record the suggestions of farmers for bringing further improvements in it. On the basis of interviewing 294 farmers it was recorded that 87% farmers had not fully adopted this practice in wheat crop. Half of the respondents had not adopted it at the knowledge stage of innovation decision process due to ignorance. The main reasons for non-adoption of this practice were lack of knowledge (41.47%) and lack of guidance (23.26%) in respondents. About 65% of farmers suggested that extension system should publicise the method of chemical use and highlight its instructions through mass media quite well in advance.
