Adoption of Trichoderma sp. Application on Seasonal Rice Production of Farmers in Kalasin Province

Abstract

The study adoption of trichoderma sp. application on seasonal rice production of farmers in Kalasin province.The study data were collected using interview form the reliability of the questionnaire was 30 sets at 0.842. Calculate sample size from multi-stage sampling 144 samples were collected. Coefficient during October–December 2017. The facts were analyzed by using frequency percentage mean maximum minimum standard deviation t-test F-test. The result showed that the farmers adopted trichoderma sp. application in low level of 4 phases such as 1) preparing rice seeds 2) tillering stage 3) before booting stage and 4) booting stage. And 3 phase were adopted in non-practice level such as 1) preparing paddy field phase 2) 5% of rice growing from flag leaf 3) outgrowing of each rice plants phase. Comparison of the adoption of trichoderma sp. application as classified by sexs, ages, educational levels, number of times of meetings with officer in agriculture extension, number of times participating in training course of farmer school, sizes of paddy field and experiences in using trichoderma sp. found statistically significant (P<0.05) in some items.