Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Control of Lashkari
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| Category | Crop Pest & Disease Management |
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| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Kerosene |
| Details of Innovation | The farmers spray kerosene oil on the cotton crop at night to control larvae, locally known as `Lashkari. They believe that this pest remains in soil cracks during the day and attacks the crop at night. It attacks crops like cotton and lucerne in a cluster resembling the formation of an army brigade; this may be the reason for its being named Lashkari. Some farmers mix kerosene in the irrigation water. They make a hole in the bottom of a tin of kerosene and hang it on the top of a water channel in such a fashion that the kerosene drips at a slow and regular speed; uniform suspension goes to the plot gradually. They believe that this is more effective than spraying because it kills all the larvae hidden in the soil cracks. Farmers realize that this practice also kills some of the beneficial organisms living in the soil. This practice has been in use for more than 50 years, and many farmers are still using it. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Gemalsinh Mohansinh Rana |
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| District | Bharuch |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Po-Chaswad, Tq.: Valiya, Distt. Bharuch-393130 |
| Address | Vill:Deshad, Tal:Valiya, Bharuch, Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 393135 |
| PAS_1 | "Armyworm in Cotton Spodoptera frugiperda" : http://agrilife.org/lubbock/files/2017/07/Fall-Armyworm- 2017-1.pdf |
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| PAS_2 | |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central (Malva ) Highlands, Gujarat Plains and Kathiawar, Peninsula Ecoregion (5.2), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Gujarat Zone (GJ-2) |
| Other Community Practices | Community-Based Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Monitoring,Early Warning and Management- http://www.fao.org/3/CA2924EN/ca2924en.pdf |
| Practice ID | KNW0020000000304 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/79 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 393135 |