~ 362 ~ Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2019; SP2: 362-365 E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234 JPP 2019; SP2: 362-365 Sudhanand Prasad Lal Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Department of Extension Education, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India Sujeet Kumar Jha Principal Scientist, Division of Dairy Extension, Indian Council of Agricultural Research– National Dairy Research Institute, Haryana, India Correspondence Sudhanand Prasad Lal Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Department of Extension Education, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India Adoption rate of crop nutrition and protection chemicals in South-Western Zone of Punjab Sudhanand Prasad Lal and Sujeet Kumar Jha Abstract It is estimated that crop yields would be approximately half of their current levels without the use of insecticides, fungicides and herbicides. So, the investigation was carried out in South-Western Zone (Faridkot district) of Punjab state during 2016-17 to know the extent of adoption of various crop nutrition and protection chemicals. From 2 blocks 3 villages were randomly selected; 20 respondents from each village were randomly selected thus making a sample size of 60 respondents for the study. Among Crop Nutrition, Neem coated Urea and Diammonium Phosphate adoption quotient were 100. Among Pesticide/Insecticide category, Thiamethoxam 25% WG adoption quotient was highest as it controls wide range of pests from stem borer to brown plant hopper (BHP). Among fungicide Mancozeb 63% W.P. + Carbendazim 12% W.P. combination was used to control Brown leaf spot of Rice and Late Blight of Potato and its adoption quotient was maximum among the fungicide i.e. 56.67. In herbicide/weedicide category Glyphosate 41% SL adoption quotient was highest among the weedicide i.e. 85 as it controls all kind of weed. Although, department of Agriculture, Punjab issued an order on October 23, 2018 that the glyphosate herbicide would be banned in the state due to its adverse health effects. Keywords: Chelated zinc, crop protection, paddy-wheat, plant nutrition, soil heath card. Introduction The world's population is expected to rise from the present 6.7 billion to over 8 billion by 2030 and thus agricultural land will be lost under the construction of various developmental projects [1] . So, the need for environment-friendly crop protection chemicals has never been more. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom has estimated that crop yields would be approximately half of their current levels without the use of insecticides, fungicides and herbicides [1] . Today, the Crop Protection sector produces insecticides, fungicides and herbicides in India and abroad. Moreover, soil is deficit in nutrition as evident from research conducted at 7 taluks of Mandya district in rice growing regions and it was discovered that out of 119 soil samples; 27 samples were deficient in available sulphur content [2] . Materials and Methods The investigation was carried out in South-Western Zone (Faridkot district) of Punjab state during 2016-17 to know the extent of adoption of various crop nutrition (Urea, DAP, MOP, Zn-EDTA etc.) and protection chemicals (insecticides, fungicides and herbicides). In Faridkot both Faridkot and Kotkapura blocks were purposively selected. From these two blocks 3 villages were randomly selected; 20 respondents from each village thus making a sample size of 60 respondents for the study. Study area Fig 1: Location of the study area in India and Punjab