Plant Protection

Division of Plant Protection

Plant Protection division deals with plant protection technologies for Paddy, Sorghum, Maize, Minor millets, Pulses, Oilseeds, Coconut, Banana, Grapes, Vegetables, Apiculture, Sericulture, Organic Pest and Storage Pests Management, Mushrooms, etc., to the farming community.

Activities
1. Need based training programmes conducted on different field crops for Practicing Farmers, Farm Women and Rural Youth
  • Integrated crop management in Paddy
  • SRI Technology in Paddy
  • Direct Paddy Cultivation technology
  • Good Agricultural practices in Sugarcane
  • Integrated crop management in Pulses
  • Integrated crop management in Groundnut
  • Integrated farming system for Wet land, Garden land & Dry land
  • Organic Agriculture
  • Agro Forestry for different Agro Eco system
  • Cropping system Management technologies for Minor millet
  • Integrated crop production technologies for Millets, Pulses & Fodder crop
2. Training programmes to Extension Functionaries for horizontal spread of technologies among the farmers
  • Seed production techniques for Millets, Fodder crops, and Pulses
  • Integrated farming system for different Eco systems
  • Water conservation technologies
  • Organic Farming