Knowledge of improved dairy husbandry practices of farmers of Kauroli, district of eastern Rajasthan

This study was carried out in the randomly selected 20 villages of Hindaun and Todabhim blocks of Karauli District of eastern Rajasthan. The results of the present study revealed that the majority of the farmers (73 %) had partial level of knowledge about overall dairy practices, while 16 per cent farmers had full level of knowledge about overall dairy practices and 11 per cent, who had no level of knowledge about overall dairy practices. The majority of the respondents had partial knowledge about feeding elements, feeding of concentrates and roughage mixture, time of feeding concentrate , feed requirements for maintenance of animals, feed requirements for production purpose, green fodder requirements, extra essential minerals requirement to animals with concentrate and roughage and quantity of minerals required per day per animal, animal breeding programme, improved breeds of bull, artificial insemination, time of next insemination after parturition of animals, pregnancy diagnosis and sources of artificial insemination carried out by artificial insemination centre, vaccination programme to control the diseases vaccination schedule, control of foot and mouth diseases control of hemorrhagic septicemia diseases, control of black quarter diseases and control of anthrax diseases. It was also found that majority of the respondents had partial knowledge about keeping the records of animals, method of determining the age of animals and proper method of milking. It can be concluded that majority of the respondent had partial knowledge about feed practices, breeding practices, disease control practices and general management practices

DataSheet_1_Identification of new stable resistant sources and assessing agro-morphological performance of sponge gourd germplasm against Tomato Leaf curl New Delhi Virus incidence.docx

Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (TolCNDV) causes yellow mosaic disease, which poses a significant biotic constraint for sponge gourd cultivation, potentially resulting in crop loss of up to 100%. In the present investigation, 50 diverse genotypes were screened for 3 years under natural epiphytotic conditions. A subset of 20 genotypes was further evaluated across four different environments. The combined analysis of variance revealed a significant genotype × environment interaction. Eight genotypes consistently exhibited high and stable resistance in the preliminary screening and multi-environment testing. Furthermore, genotype plus genotype × environment interaction biplot analysis identified DSG-29 (G-3), DSG-7 (G-2), DSG-6 (G-1), and DSGVRL-18 (G-6) as the desirable genotypes, which have stable resistance and better yield potential even under diseased conditions. The genotype by yield × trait biplot analysis and multi-trait genotype–ideotype distance index analysis further validated the potential of these genotypes for combining higher yield and other desirable traits with higher resistance levels. Additionally, resistant genotypes exhibited higher activities of defense-related enzymes as compared to susceptible genotypes. Thus, genotypes identified in our study will serve as a valuable genetic resource for carrying out future resistance breeding programs in sponge gourd against ToLCNDV.</p