Director Of Agriculture - Jammu STATUS OF YELLOW RUST IN J & K STATE

Basic Data of the State Gross Cropped Area11.57 lakh Ha Net cropped Area7.25 lakh Ha Net Irrigated Area3.06 lakh Ha (42 per cent) Area Under Wheat Crop2.92 Lakh Ha Area Under Irrigated Wheat 0.83 Lakh Ha (28.5 per cent) Five Major Wheat Growing Districts Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Udhampur and Rajouri Cover 85.6 % area of wheat crop Director Of Agriculture - Jammu

Year wise & District wise area under Wheat Crop District Esti Jammu Kathua Rajouri Samba Udhampur Poonch Reasi Doda Ramban Kishtwar Kashmir Div Total Director Of Agriculture - Jammu Area in ’000 ha

The major wheat growing districts of Jammu Kathua, Rajouri & Samba lie along the IB/LOC and also share borders with Punjab & HP. The inoculums appear in northern foot fills in December and spreads to plains in wheat growing areas of Punjab & J&K state. 78S84 and 46S119 Pathotypes of the stripe rust are prevalent in the state and both are predominant in Jammu division. Disease infesting the wheat crop in the some parts of Kathua & Samba districts in was noticed being above ETL but major out break was abrupt in Appearance of disease Director Of Agriculture - Jammu

The disease appears in the State on wheat crop from first of January on wards in Jammu/Kathua/Samba in irrigated areas. In ,it appeared in 3 rd week of January, 2012 and in in Ist week of February, 2013 and it appeared in 3rd week of Janurary,2014 & in last week of January in Ha area was affected due to yellow rust in in all the major wheat growing districts. Wheat crop varieties like PB W 343,PBW 373, PBW550, Raj 3077, PWB 550 were most affected Appearance of disease Director Of Agriculture - Jammu

1 st week of January Mid February Samba Mid March Last January DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE & ITS APPEARANCE IN JAMMU DIVISION

Director Of Agriculture - Jammu Strategies Adopted for Effective Control of Yellow Rust  Creating mass awareness among the farming community about the replacement of susceptible wheat seed varieties with resistant varieties.  Distribution of disease resistant varieties like DPW , HD2967, HD509, WH711 for replacement of old Susceptive Wheat seed varieties is a continuous process.  Positioning of Joint Surveillance teams at circle/ Zonal/Block and district levels for effective monitoring of the disease. 7

Director Of Agriculture - Jammu  Prepositioning of the recommended pesticides at all the departmental stores for distribution on 50 % subsidized cost.  Intensive Training of Extension Functionaries  Lay out of Cluster & farmer field Demonstration/Farm Schools.  Improving skill of farmers’ through trainings, demonstrations and Farm Schools.  Creating Mass Awareness among the farmers. Strategies Adopted for Effective Control of Yellow Rust (contd..) 8

Director Of Agriculture - Jammu  For Hilly areas Varieties like HS 295,HS 420,HS 490, HS809,VL 829 VL804 and Shalimar 1 has been introduced.  Wheat variety PBW 343 has been replaced.  Varieties like HD 2967, DWB621-50,PBW644,and HD509 has been introduced.  late sown group varieties like Raj 3777,Raj4083, WH 1021,WH 711 has been introduced.  Efforts to replace all wheat varieties older than 10 years with rust resistant varieties is on. New Wheat Seed Varieties Introduced since

Director Of Agriculture - Jammu  Distribution & placement of Plant protection equipment on subsidized cost.  Use of print and electronic media for creating mass awareness among the farmers.  Organizing Farmers Training Camps before and during the crop season.  Thrust on Research-Extension-Farmers linkages, Farmer Scientist interactions, Kissan Ghosties etc. Strategies Adopted for Effective Control of Yellow Rust (contd..) 10

Status of Area Infested and Area Treated for control of yellow rust in Wheat crop YearArea Infested In Ha Area treated In Ha Qty of Pesticides Distributed In lts Subsidy provided Rs. in lakhs No. of Farmers covered

DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE, KRISHI BHAWAN,TALLAB TILLO, JAMMU FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: JAMMU KATHUA SAMBA RAJOURI POONCH UDHAMPUR REASI DODA RAMBAN KISHTWAR KISSAN CALL CENTRE

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