Adoption of Improved Practices for Control Measures of Oily Spot Disease by the Pomegranate Growers

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a multipurpose fruit. Recommended practices i.e. plant protection measures is an important tool in effective oily spot disease management of pomegranate. However, it is generally observed that pomegranate growers do not adopt plant protection measures on large scale. Looking to this fact, the present study was conducted in six tahsils from Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada region of Maharashtra. From these 120 farmers were selected on the basis of intensity of disease infestation. The present study was carried out to know the personal and socioeconomic characteristics. The main objectives of the study or research were to study the personal socioeconomic characteristics of pomegranate growers, to ascertain the extent of adoption of pomegranate growers about improved practices for control measures of oily spot disease on pomegranate. The study revealed that the majority of pomegranate growers having mediumlevel of farming experience, having secondary school education and higher secondary school level education, had big size of land holding and medium level of area under pomegranate, had medium size of family and annual income between 1, 50, 001/-to 3, 00, 000/-Majority of pomegranate had medium sources of information, had medium level ofextension contact, mediumlevel of economic motivation, medium level of risk orientation, medium level of market orientation and medium level of knowledge about improved practices. It was observedthat themajority of the pomegranate growers had medium level of adoption of improved practices for control measures of oily spot disease of pomegranate.