Knowledge and Adoption of Sericulturists Regarding Recommended Sericulture Management Practices in Karnataka State

In Karnataka, Kolar district is the leading silk producer in which Mysore, Bengaluru and Mandya are the traditional silk producing areas. Kolar district was selected purposefully for the study purpose as a representative for South Karnataka region. In all total 90 respondents were selected randomly from Chintamani Taluka of Kolar district. Practices about which all (100 per cent) of the respondent sericulturists had full knowledge of land preparation, recommended mulberry varieties, type of soil required to cultivate the mulberry crop, time of planting, shoot rearing method, cross bred silkworms, and inter cultivation operations. Nearly 55.60 per cent of the respondent sericulturists had medium level of knowledge regarding selected sericulture management practices. All the respondent sericulturists fully adopted practices like soil type, land preparation time of planting. A majority of the respondent sericulturists fully adopted mulberry cultivation practices. 55.60 per cent of the respondent sericulturists had adopted the selected sericulture management practices upto medium extent.