The productivity of pulse crops continues to be quite low due to technological gaps in adoption of pulse technologies and other factors also. The yield of pulses could be increased by demonstrating the cultivation technologies at the farmer's fields under the supervision of scientists working in the operational area. The Front line demonstrations were conducted on summer moong variety SML 668 and SML 832 across 89 villages in Amritsar district of Punjab. Two hundred and forty three front line demonstrations were conducted by KVK Amritsar from the year 2011 to 2019 on area of 106 ha during the summer seasons. The results of the study showed that the average yield of summer moong in FLD plots over the years was 10.5 q/ha, which was 20.6% higher than average yield at farmers plots (8.7 q/ha), this difference may be attributed to dissemination of improved and latest technology viz., HYV, recommended seed rate, fertilization and integrated weed control and integrated plant protection measures. The demonstration technology gave higher net return as compared to check plots and benefit cost ratio was also higher as compared to farmer's practices. The yield attributing parameters like number of branches/plant and number of pods/plant, grain weight of moong obtained was also better under demonstrations than the farmers practice. The total area under moong crop in district Amritsar is steadily increasing over time as demonstrations were effective in changing attitude of farmers of Amritsar towards pulse cultivation.
Adoption, Front line demonstrations, Summer Moong Technological gaps
