Practice Name:

Organic and Inorganic Inputs to Control Pests

Details
Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Twigs of Swallow wart (Calotropis gigantea), an earthen pot, urea, water and clay soil.
Details of Innovation	A special mixture to protect crops from termites and other soil pests. The farmers keep twigs of Swallow wart (Calotropis gigantea) in an earthen pot and add about 50 grams of urea to it. Then they add approximately one liter of water and seal it air-tight by plastering its mouth with clay soil. This container is kept in a manure pit for two months. The swallow wart twigs get decomposed and mix with water. The extract is then filtered and used for seed treatment of wheat, barley, and gram. Crops treated in this manner do not get affected by termites.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Prem Prakash Sharma
District	Jaipur
KVK District	KVK, Takarda (Chomu), Jaipur
Address	Jaipur, Rajasthan
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Rajasthan
PIN Code	302001

PAS_1	"Use of ocher and brilliant gardenia (Gardenia resinifera) for termite control. Brilliant gardenia (Gardenia resinifera) is also called "jangali champo" in the forest area of Dang and Chhota Udaipur. This plant is 3 to 6 ft in height and bears white-coloured fragrant flowers in the month of October. Fruit setting starts during the month of December and lasts up to tFebruary. Seeds are light green in colour. About 150 to 250 grams brilliant gardenia seeds and 100 grams ocher are crushed and added to 1 L of water. This mixture is smeared on the trunk of mango (Mangifera indica) up to 2 to 3 ft height from the ground level." https://mangifera.res.in/innovation.php?page=5 Dated 5/5/2020
PAS_2	"Adding organic material to the soil, crop rotation, constructing physical barriers, encouraging predators, plant parts and plant extracts can be used effectively for control of this insect. HYPERLINK" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268153608_Farmer_Friendly_Ways_to_Control_Termites#fullTextFileContent
Agro Ecological Zone	Northern Plain and Central highlands including Aravallis (4.1)
Other Community Practices	Pest Management Strategies in Traditional Agriculture: An African Perspective ttps://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.631#_i11
Practice ID	KNW0010000001004
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/14
State	Rajasthan
PIN Code	302001