Professor & Head,
Agricultural Research Station,
Kovilpatti - 628 501.
Ph. No. 04632 220533
E mail ID: arskovilpatty@tnau.ac.in
Agricultural Research Station, Kovilpatti is implementing centre. Total of 56 varieties have been developed so for from this station in dryland crops like, cotton, millets (sorghum, pearl millet, maize, ragi, and minor millets), pulses (black gram and green gram) oil seeds (sunflower, gingelly and safflower) and chillies.
| Sl No | Activities | I Year | II Year | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Project mode | |||
| 1 | Improved production technology for sunflower | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| 2 | Improved production technology for maize | 20 | 20 | |
| 3 | Improved production technology for pulses | 10 | 10 | |
| 4 | Improved production technology for Cotton | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| B | Mission mode | |||
| 1 | System of Rice Intensification | 40 | 20 | 60 |
| 2 | Rice fallow pulse production technology | 40 | 20 | 60 |
| C | Model village and organic farming | 20 | 20 | |
| D | Seed production green gram | 10 | 10 | |
| E | Implements for farm mechanization | |||
| 1 | Rotary weeder | 200 | 100 | 300 |
| 2 | SRI marker | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Rotavator | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Maize husker sheller | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Mechanical power weeder | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Sunflower thresher | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Seed cum fertilizer drill | 1 | 1 | 2 |
S.No |
Name of the intervention |
Yield Details (kg ha-1) |
% increase over Control |
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2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2011-12 |
Mean |
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Control |
Treatment |
Control |
Treatment |
Control |
Treatment |
Control |
Treatment |
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1. |
SRI |
5718 |
6470 |
5490 |
7124 |
5261 |
6019 |
5490 |
6538 |
19 |
2. |
IPT sunflower |
1171 |
1687 |
1152 |
1724 |
1707 |
2315 |
1343 |
1908 |
42 |
3. |
IPT cotton |
1323 |
1724 |
1322 |
1897 |
1323 |
1810 |
37 |
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4. |
IPT maize |
4610 |
5558 |
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4610 |
5558 |
21 |
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5. |
IPT pulses |
526 |
698 |
526 |
698 |
33 |
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