Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Controlling Aphid Attack on Crops
| Details | |
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| Category | Crop Pest & Disease Management |
| Crop | |
| Crop Family | |
| Scientific Name | |
| Vernacular Name | |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | The leaves of the creeper naffatvelor shrubby morning glory (Ipomoea fistulosa), leaves ofarani(Clerodendrum phlomidis) and water. |
| Details of Innovation | Farmer uses the leaves of naffatvel or shrubby morning glory (Ipomoea fistulosa) and arani (Clerodendrum phlomidis) to control the attack of aphids on pests. He boils 500 grams of the leaves of the shrubby creeper morning glory, and 500 grams of arani (Clerodendrum phlomidis)leaves in five liters of water for four hours. The solution is kept aside for five days. Later, he takes about 500 milliliters of this decoction, fills it into a pump, and mixes it with water. This solution is sprayed on the crops to control aphids. The pests are killed within three days of spraying the solution. |
Leaflet | © OpenStreetMap contributors
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Jethabhai Karshanbhai Baraiya |
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| District | Bhavnagar |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Address | village - Zanzmer, taluka - Talaza , Bhavnagar, Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364135 |
| PAS_1 | "Aphids."http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7404.html |
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| PAS_2 | |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7) |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | KNW0010000001304 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/53 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364135 |