Extent of adoption of integrated weed management practices in major crops by the farmers and relationship of adoption level with their profile characteristics

The present investigation was carried out in Mahaboobnagar district of Telangana. An ex post facto research design was followed selecting 120 respondents at random from four Mandals of twelve villages of the district. A list of various integrated weed management (IWM) practices of major crops as recommended by Directorate of Agriculture, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University and Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University which were suitable to the study area was prepared after consultation with subject matter specialists. It was found that majority of the respondents had medium extent of adoption wrt rice (55.55%), cotton (48.74%), groundnut (50.00%) and chilli (55.00%). There was a positive and significant relationship between level of adoption of respondents on overall IWM practices with variables viz education, farm size, farming experience, training, extension contact, mass media exposure, information seeking behaviour, farm mechanization status, risk orientation and innovativeness.