Practice Name:

Control of Termites

Details
Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Flour and sugar.
Details of Innovation	Ants act as a biological control against termites. They attract the common ants to termite mounds using flour and sugar. Farmers feel that they can induce the ant-hill or nest to stay on at a place in the field by providing food. The eggs of termites are deposited near the ant-hills. If a particular white ant is too heavy to manage, two to three common ants join to pull it into their home. On close observation, it also appears that the eggs, larvae, or even the caterpillars of the flying insects found on the trees, vines, and shrubs, etc., are removed by ants in the same way. Farmers never kill the ants and avoid walking on ant-hills. They also prevent their cattle from disturbing the anthills. Only one species of red ants is harmful as it bores a hole in the trees. But farmers never keep food for red ants at their nests.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	L M Lodha
District	Udaipur
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Badgaon, Distt. Udaipur-313001
Address	Udaipur, Rajasthan
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Rajasthan
PIN Code	313001

PAS_1	"Use of ocher and brilliant gardenia (Gardenia resinifera) for termite control. Brilliant gardenia (Gardenia resinifera) is also called as "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 the month of February. Seeds are light green in colour. About 150 to 250 g brilliant gardenia seeds and 100 g 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 ground level." https://mangifera.res.in/innovation.php?page=5 Dated 5/5/2020
PAS_2	"Adding organic material to the soil, crop rotation, 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	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Northern Plain (And Central Highlands) Including Aravallis, Hot Semi-Arid Eco-Region (4.2) Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Central Plateau & Hills Region (VIII) Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Sub Humid Southern Plain Zone (RJ-7)
Other Community Practices	Pest Management Strategies in Traditional Agriculture: An African Perspective https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.631
Practice ID	KNW0010000001017
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/18
State	Rajasthan
PIN Code	313001