SPREAD AND COMPARISON OF CHICKPEA VARIETIES (JG-11 AND JAKI9218) IN DHARWAD DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA.

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is mainly a rabi season crop of India grown in diverse agroclimatic conditions under various cropping systems and a major pulse crop in Karnataka state. JG-11 and JAKI-9218 are two prominent chickpea varieties cultivated by farmers in Dharwad district along with Annigeri-1 (local variety). The study throws light on differences between the above chickpea varieties in terms of spread, productivity and income. The study was conducted in Dharwad, Navalgund and Kundagol taluks of Dharwad district of Karnataka state during 2020-21 with a sample of 135 chickpea farmers. A distinctive pattern of spread of the two varieties viz., JG-11 and JAKI-9218 was noticed. Initially, in the year 2018-19, the area under JAKI-9218 was greater than JG-11, but in the subsequent years area under JG-11 became greater than JAKI-9218, mainly due to farmers preference to JG-11 variety for its better resistance to fusarium wilt. The study found that the productivity and income of JG-11 and JAKI-9218 varieties had a narrow difference, but showed significant difference when compared with Annigeri-1 (local variety). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]