摘要 : The present study was carried out in Sira and Pavagada taluks of Tumkur districts of Karnataka state during 2021-2022 to assess the knowledge level and its association between profile characteristics of pomegranate growers. The sa... 展开 The present study was carried out in Sira and Pavagada taluks of Tumkur districts of Karnataka state during 2021-2022 to assess the knowledge level and its association between profile characteristics of pomegranate growers. The sample size constituted120 pomegranate growers from Tumkur district i.e., 60 from each taluk. Knowledge level of pomegranate growers refers to factual information possessed by them regarding recommended cultivation practices of pomegranate. Results revealed that 38.83 per cent of Sira pomegranate growers and 48.33 per cent of Pavagada pomegranate growers belonged to medium knowledge level. Pooled data revealed that 43.33 per cent of pomegranate growers belonged to medium level of knowledge. Knowledge level was significantlyassociated with education, farming experience, achievement motivation, risk orientation, innovative proneness, scientific orientation, management orientation, cosmopoliteness, economic motivation and social participation at 5 per cent level of significance, while annual income, land holding, area under pomegranate, extension contact and extension participation were significant at 1 per cent level of significance. 收起