Agricultural Research Station,Karimnagar organized demonstrations on Modified Mat Nursery for machine transplanting in paddy and pre-Kharif pulses and green manure crops at Adopted Village, Perkapally, Saidapur Mandal, Karimnagar District on 29-06-2020

The Agricultural Research Station, Karimnagar organized demonstration at Adopted Village, Perkapally of Saidapur Mandal on 29th June, 2020 on Modified Mat Nursery on polythene sheets for machine transplanting in rice and importance of pre-kharif pulses and green manure crops preceding rice. The Principal Scientist (Agro.) and Head, Dr. G.Manjulatha, DAATTC Coordinator, Sri. Shekar, Dr.G.Usha Rani, Scientist (Pl.Br.) and Adopted Village Incharge, Sri Katam Raju AEO of Perkapally Village and around 30 farmers participated in the programme. The modified mat nursery raising method on polythene sheet was demonstrated in farmer field of Sri. P.Srinivas of Perkapally village. The field and the germinated paddy seeds were kept ready by the farmer and modified mat nursery methodology was demonstrated to all the farmers by the scientists and explained the advantages of the technology to overcome the labour shortage. The farmers of Perkapally have been practicing the technology of pre-kharif pulses and green manure crops preceeding to rice from the last few years but the acreage has been increased from 10-55 acres in the current season with the intervention of Agricultural Research Station, Karimnagar. The importance of pre-kharif pulses and green manure crops like green gram, sun hemp, Sesbania preceding rice were explained to the farmers and were adviced to take up every season for reducing 25% nitrogen dose for obtaining good yield in rice and to enrich the soil fertility. The pre-kharif pulse – Green gram (WGG-42) was demonstrated in around 5 acres in the farmers field was in good condition with tolerance to YMV in all of the plots.