IMPACT OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON FALL ARMYWORM (SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA) IN MAIZE THROUGH EXTENSION APPROACHESA. Ramadevi1, M. Sunil Kumar1, G. Shiva Charan1, M. Raghuveer, A. Poshadri and Y. Praveen KumarAbstract The present demonstrations were conducted to convince maize growers on the integrated approaches for management of fall armyworm in maize and its economic impact. It was implemented successively in the operational area of ICAR- Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Adilabad (Telangana state) for three consecutive years during 2019-20 to 2021-2022 rabi seasons starting from early vegetative stage. By adopting the timely management practices for fall army worm provided average additional yield of 6.88 q ha-1 over non-IPM practices. IPM technologies demonstrated reflected an improved benefit cost ratio of 2.85:1 with 40 Percent reduction in sprays over farmers practice with B:C ratio of 2.22:1. Hence, demonstrations in the farmer fields play a vital role in dissemination of technology on community basis and to be popularized to minimize the extension gap. |