Awareness programme on mango and mulberry cultivation to farmers KVK, Wyra on 21.01.2025

Mango is the major fruit crop growing in Khammam Dist. Most of the mango orchards are in bearing and 20 years old. Present, in mango crop at flowering and fruit development stage. During flowering mango was infested with various pests like Mango hoppers, thrips, scales, leaf Webber, stem borer and diseases like anthracnose, powdery mildew, die back. For creating awareness on identification of pest and control measures and integrated water and pest management in mango, KVK Wyra Programme Coordinator, Dr. K. Ravi Kumar and Subject matter specialist in Horticulture Dr. V. Chaitanya were attended as resource persons to the awareness programme on mango and mulberry cultivation at Kalloor (V &M) which was conducted by Department of Horticulture and Sericulture, Khammam on 21.01.2025. In this Programme 42 progressive farmers, Horticulture department officials Deputy director of Sericulture Ms. Muthyala Rao, Cluster level horticulture and Sericulture officer Ms. Nagesh were participated and interacted with farmers about the mango and mulberry cultivation in Khammam district.