Practice Name:

Control of Disease in Tobacco

Details
Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Tobacco
Crop Family	Solanaceae
Scientific Name	(Nicotianna Tabacum)
Vernacular Name	Tamaku
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Fermented buttermilk and water.
Details of Innovation	Controls the disease by preparing a filtrate made from one litre of fermented butter milk for every 20 litres of water. The filtrate is then sprayed over the plants.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	V R Iyyappan
City / District	Thadikombu
KVK District	Gandhigram Rural University KVK, Gandhigram, Dindigul Dt.
Address	Reddiyapattii , Thadikombu , Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	624709

PAS_1	"Tobacco leaf extract in boiled water is sprayed as pesticide; and fermented buttermilk can be used against leaf-eating caterpillars. Abhang, P. and Pathade, G., Indian species defined as a pest, usually because." https://laytonforstatesenate.com/indian-species-defined-as-a-pest-usually-because/
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu uplands and south eastern sahayadris) and Deccan plateau, hot semiarid eco-sub region (8.1)
Other Community Practices	Use of rotten bajra flour for control of Powdery Mildew disease in Cumin: Devjibhai Jerambhai Jograjiya from Bhavnaagr Gujarat got success for control of leaf-curl and flower dropping abnormalities in chilli and brinjal last year and received higher bloom
Practice ID	KNW0010000000867
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/3
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN