Shrivastava, K.K.Sarkar, J.D.Trimurty, V.S.Sharma, M.L.(Smt.) Shukla, SindhuShrivastava, Rajiv2016-10-062016-10-062005123 p.http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/80135The present study was carried out during 2004-05 in two selected blocks of Dhamtari district. Sixteen villages were randomly selected and data were collected through personal interview method from 160 respondents collected data were analyzed by using appropriate statistical methods viz. mean, percentage, S.D. correlation and multiple regression were applied for the interpretation of data. The socio-personal and economic profiles of the respondents revealed that majority of the respondents belonged to middle age group (36 to 55 years) educated upto high school and higher secondary level, belonging to other backward class, medium size of family, participated in more than two organization, involved in farming + business as their main occupation and cooperative bank as their main source of credit facilities. The neighbour/ friends/ farmer/ relatives/ gramsevak, shop keeper and television were the important sources to them, majority of the respondents were having medium extension contact. Scientific orientation, knowledge, moderately favourable attitude towards use of control measure practices of various rice diseases. The majority of the respondents were found in medium level category regarding use of control measure practices of various rice diseases. They were adopting the practices such as deep ploughing, summer ploughing, resistant variety, early sowing, proper planting distance, weed removal, fertilizer management, seed treatment, chemicals they do not adopt the biological and mechanical control methods. The major problems faced by the respondents were lack of knowledge about appropriate selection of fungicides, lack of knowledge about appropriate doses of fungicides, dealers are selling spurious agrochemicals, high cost of fungicides and complicated procedure of seed treatment, the major suggestions were also given by the respondents. Training should be given regarding different control measure practices of various rice diseases, availability of fungicides with subsidized rate at locally spurious agrochemicals should be strictly banned and proper precautions should be taken during the spraying and use of fungicides. Among the selected characters viz., education, size of family, social participation, land holding, occupation, annual income, credit facilities, sources of information, extension contact, knowledge, scientific orientation, adoption were found significant in relation to attitude of the respondents regarding adoption of control measure practices of various rice diseases and accounted 55.4 per cent variability. Age, caste and mass media exposure were showed non significant relation with the attitude of the respondents in adoption of control measure practices of various rice diseases.en“ATTITUDE OF FARMERS REGARDING ADOPTION OF CONTROL MEASURE PRACTICES OF VARIOUS DISEASES OF RICE CROP IN DHAMTARI DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH STATE”“ATTITUDE OF FARMERS REGARDING ADOPTION OF CONTROL MEASURE PRACTICES OF VARIOUS DISEASES OF RICE CROP IN DHAMTARI DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH STATE”Thesis