Technological Gap in Adoption of Recommended Practices of Mango Cultivation

The study on technological gap in adoption of recommended practices of mango cultivation was conducted in Dharwad district of Karnataka during 2008-09. The study revealed that almost an equal per cent of the mango growers belonged to high (34.67%) and low (34.00%) overall technological gap categories with mean technological gap scores of 44.43 and 22.29, respectively. While, 31.33 per cent of them possessed medium overall technological gap with mean technological score of 32.92. Higher technological gap was observed regarding use of recommended chemical fertilizers with respect to time and doses, which was observed to be more than 90.00 per cent in all aspects.