PARTICIPATORY PADDY VARIETAL SELECTION FOR SALT STRESS CONDITION

N.K. SINGH¹*, J.B. SINGH², A.K. SRIVASTAVA³, U.S. GAUTAM^4
1Scientist, ICAR-Raja Dinesh Singh Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Lalabazar, Pratapgarh, 229408, Uttar Pradesh
²Scientist, ICAR-Raja Dinesh Singh Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Lalabazar, Pratapgarh, 229408, Uttar Pradesh
³Sr. Scientist and Head, ICAR-Raja Dinesh Singh Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Lalabazar, Pratapgarh, 229408, Uttar Pradesh
⁴Director, ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : singhnaveen11@gmail.com

Received : 04-05-2018     Accepted : 10-05-2018     Published : 15-05-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 9       Pages : 5948 - 5949
Int J Agr Sci 10.9 (2018):5948-5949

Keywords : Participatory Variety Selection, PVS, Salt stress, Paddy, Farmer
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to ICAR-Raja Dinesh Singh Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Lalabazar, Pratapgarh, 229408, Uttar Pradesh
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Salt stress (Salinity) is one of the worsening problems in low-land areas in Pratapgarh, U. P. The build-up of salt as a consequence of the excessive use of irrigation water with improper drainage, coupled with the use of salty irrigation water or sodic soils developed from salt-bearing rocks. Paddy crop is suitable for rehabilitating these soils because of its ability to grow under flooding and its high potential for genetic improvement. Paddy productivity in salt-affected areas is very low (less than 1.5 t/ha) but can reasonably be raised by at least 2 t/ha, Salt-tolerant Paddy varieties also offer great potential to grow in marginal lands, which are usually left fallow particularly during the dry season because of high salinity. Selection of suitable Paddy varieties for salt effected prone areas, under farmer’s participation mode is directly involved to choose varietal as it suits. Four salts tolerant improve varieties was grown in trials of participatory variety selection (PVS) in five replications. An experiment was conducted in farmers’ fields with farmers participation based on their needs have helped to identify high yielding varieties for their lands. The perusal of data revels that, out of five selected salt-tolerant varieties, two (CSR-36 and NDR-359) have shown significantly higher grain yield resulting in to the higher adoption by the farmers. Therefore, these two varieties may be recommended for further extension to improve the production of rice under salt stress condition of district Pratapgarh.

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