Practice Name:

Termite Control In Sweet Melon

Details
Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Mixture of tobacco powder, cow’s urine, buttermilk and neem leaves.
Details of Innovation	A mixture of tobacco powder, cow’s urine, buttermilk and neem leaves are mixed to tackle termites. About 25 to 30 g of tobacco powder and a pinch of compost fertilizer are mixed with the seeds of each creeper. Twenty to twenty five days after sowing, a solution is made with one kg tobacco in 10 litre water, one litre cow’s urine, one kg neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves and one litre sour buttermilk and it is left undisturbed for two days. On the third day, this solution is filtered and sprayed over the creepers after adding twenty litres of water and some soap solution. A similar method can be used for cotton crop as well.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Vijay Shah
District	Kutch
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Vivekanand Research and Training Institute, Mundra, Kachchh
Address	Kutch , Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	370001

PAS_1	"Salt can be an effective and natural method to kill termites." https://killtermitesguide.com/how-to-kill-termites/
PAS_2	"Salt is a very effective termite killer according to the team at termite Phoenix." https://www.kykopestprevention.com/get-rid-termites-home
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia (2.2, 2.4) ,Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North West Zone (GJ-5)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0020000000387
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/148
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	370001