Practice Name:

Green Manure

Details
Category	Soil Management
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	The plants of calotropis or giant milkweed (Calotropis giganeia), nana-(Morinda tinctoria), portia or Portia tree (Thespesia populena), kattamani or bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia), (Ipomoea spp) and adathoda or Malbarnut (Adhatoda vasica).
Details of Innovation	Various plants are used as green leaf manure. He uses the plants calotropis or giant milkweed (Calotropis giganeia), nanaMorinda tinctoria), portia or Portia tree (Thespesia populena), kattamani or bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia), (Ipomoea spp) and adathoda or Malbarnut (Adhatoda vasica. If the green leaf manure Malbarnut is used, a quick greening of leaves of the crop can be seen, just as it would be with the application of artificial fertilizers.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider
District	Cuddalore
KVK District	TNAU- KVK, Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore – 606 001
Address	Annamalai Nagar,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	608002

PAS_1	"Green manures in agriculture: A review." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332556718_Green_manures_in_agriculture_A_review
PAS_2	"The Effects of Green Manure (Sesbania rostrata) on the Growth and Yield of Rice."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40865831_The_Effects_of_Green_Manure_Sesbania_rostrata_on_the_Growth_and_Yield_of_Rice
Agro Ecological Zone	Eastern Ghat (T.N. Uplands), (120-150) semi-arid ecosystem (8.3) East Coastal (TN) Plain, hot moist semiarid ecosystem with Coastal and deltaic alluvium-derived soils with GP 120- 150 days. (18.2)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0010000000983
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/12
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	608002