Knowledge Levels of Rural Youth about Plant Propagation Techniques of Horticultural Crops

The study was conducted in Banka district of Bihar during 2016 to study the extent of knowledge gain of rural youth about propagation of horticultural crops. The sample size of 47 respondents before and after training constituted. The findings revealed that most of the respondents had complete knowledge about scientific method of nursery raising, high towards knowledge of plant per sq m area, maintenance of net house, marketing of grafted plants, use of balance dose of fertilizers, method of plant propagation, use of weedicide and moderate knowledge about plant propagation. The major contributing factors for knowledge gaps were selection of scion and root stock, scientific methods of nursery raising, disease management and their control, plant per sq m area. Significant difference obtained in between respondent before and after training.