Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Insect Control in Gourds
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Crop Pest & Disease Management |
| Crop | Cucumber |
| Crop Family | Cucurbaticae |
| Scientific Name | (Cucumber sativas) |
| Vernacular Name | Kakdi, Khira |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Seeds of fodder sorghum. |
| Details of Innovation | Young cucumber or bottle gourd plants are often attacked by red beetle leading lead to the death of the plants. To avoid this, farmers sow seeds of fodder sorghum along with seeds of cucumber/gourds. The thick growth of sorghum seedlings protects the young cucumber/gourd plants by repelling the beetles. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Dr S Murugan Dr D Bhaskaran |
|---|---|
| District | Madurai |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra , Agricultural College and Research Institute,TNAU, Madurai -625001 |
| Address | Thirunagar,Tamil Nadu |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| PIN Code | 625006 |
| PAS_1 | "Study on Flowering Characters of Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) by Training and Pinching "https://www.ijcmas.com/6-11-2017/C.%20Ciba%20and%20M.%20Syamala3.pdf |
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| PAS_2 | "Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Ridge gourd (Lufa acutangula) for export purpose."http://ppqs.gov.in/sites/default/files/ridge-gourd-ipm-for-export.pdf |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1) |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | KNW0020000000385 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/146 |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| PIN Code | 625006 |