Field Day on "Front Line Demonstration-Pigeonpea (Full package technology (FPT) and Intercropping with Cotton)" Organised by AICRP on Kharif Pulses (Pigeonpea), RARS, Warangal at Arepally village, Tekumatla mandal on 07-01-2025

Regional Agricultural Research Station, AICRP on Kharif Pulses (Pigeonpea), Warangal a field day has been conducted on full package technology (FPT) and Intercropping with Cotton as part of front line demonstration technical programme during 2024-25 at Arepally village of Tekumatla mandal of Jayashankar Bhupalpally District on 07th January, 2025. Dr. R. Uma Reddy, Associate Director of Research, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Warangal, chaired the programme and addressed the farmers about importance of cultivation of pigeonpea crop and promising redgram high yielding varieties, Advanced Technologies, Mechanization and sensitized about integrated pest management of Maruca vitrata and Helicoverpa armigera in pigeonpea, he urged the farmers to increase the area of pulses in 2025. Later Dr. N. Sandhya Kishore, Scientist (Plant Breeding), briefed about newly released Redgram varieties from RARS, Warangal, PJTAU i.e., Mid early duration Telangana kandi-2 (WRGE-121) and its characters and also explained about Market price and market facilities to procure the seed at suitable price in the market. Later Dr. M. Madhu, Scientist (Agronomy) & Officer in-charge, FLD explained about Pulses cultivation is less cost of cultivation when compared to cotton and other crops and getting better yields and also for the enhancement of soil health. And also explain about harvesting of the crop and importance of mechanization in pigeonpea. Dr. G. Padmaja, Scientist (Plant Pathology) explained about the better management practices to manage the wilt diseases in Redgram and also prophylactic measures on sterility mosaic viral disease and Dr. D. Veeranna, Scientist (Entomology), briefed about the integrated management practices to control the pod borer complex in Redgram crop. Later the FLD famers, Sri D.Ravi Kumar, Sri Sudharshan Reddy, Sri S.Narsinga Rao and Sri Devender Reddy, has shared their experience with the fellow farmers on the Field day about the Front Line Demonstration taken up in their fields i.e. Redgram variety (WRGE-121 & WRGE-97) and IPM Practices in Redgram. The programme was followed by field visit, during interaction all the queries were clarified and farmers expressed satisfaction over the crop performance and their willingness to take up the technologies in a big way. In this programme, about 95-100 farmers from Arepally, Tekumatla, Gummadivelli, Ashireddypally, Raghavreddypeta and Dubyala villages of Tekumatla mandal of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district were participated in the meeting.