Economic effectiveness of different management practices for the control of sugarcane root grub

SHREESHAIL HANJAGI; K. R. NETHRAYINI; G. NARASAREDDY

doi:10.61475/JFS.2024.v37i4.12

SHREESHAIL HANJAGI Department of Agril. Economics, College of Agriculture, Bengaluru University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065, India
K. R. NETHRAYINI Department of Agril. Economics, College of Agriculture, Bengaluru University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065, India
G. NARASAREDDY Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Bengaluru University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 560 065, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61475/JFS.2024.v37i4.12

Keywords: Garett ranking, Integrated Pest Management, Root grub, Sugarcane

Abstract

The primary objective of this study focuses on the economic effectiveness of various management practices for the control of sugarcane root grub. For the study we have selected Vijayapura district purposively and for the identification of sample snow ball techniques was employed. The study revealed that the farmers who have adopted cultural methods incurred an additional cost of `1,310 and added returns of `21,284. Farmers who have adopted mechanical method incurred an additional cost of `593 and realized additional returns of `17,211. The farmers who used Metarizhium anisopliae incurred an additional cost of `859 and added returns of `17695. Farmers who have adopted integrated approach incurred an additional cost of `7845 and realized additional returns of `43420. The study also revealed that during the management of root grub farmers were faced numerous problems especially non-availability of resistant varieties and unawareness about IPM.