Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Biological Trap For Crop Protection
| Details | |
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| Category | Crop Pest & Disease Management |
| Crop | |
| Crop Family | |
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| Vernacular Name | |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Maize seeds |
| Details of Innovation | 100-150 g maize seeds per acre are sown in the fields of pigeonpea. These are grown randomly in the field to invite the birds to eat the cob of maize. This practice attracts birds to the field to feed on the grains. After a few days, the limited stock of maize cobs would be exhausted. Thereafter, the birds sit on the maize plants in search of alternate food. In such situations they find insect larvae on pigeonpea and pick it up as food. Thus larval population is minimized by predatory birds- they serve as a biological trap. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Ahmadbhai Daubhai Ganchi |
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| District | Bharuch |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Po-Chaswad, Tq.: Valiya, Distt. Bharuch-393130 |
| Address | Deshad Tal:Valiya |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 392001 |
| PAS_1 | "OCCURRENCE CONTROL INSECT PESTS PIGEONPEA" (https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810052562 ) |
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| PAS_2 | "Biological Control and Natural Enemies of Invertebrates."http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74140.html |
| 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 | |
| Practice ID | KNW0020000000363 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/131 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 392001 |