Practice Name:

Seed Treatment Methods

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Paddy
Crop Family	Poaceae
Scientific Name	(Oryza sativa)
Vernacular Name	Rice
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Biogas slurry/ cow urine/ dung slurry/ diluted lime
Details of Innovation	Paddy: A gunny bag filled with paddy seeds is kept immersed in a water trough for 12 hours then the seed bag is immersed in diluted biogas slurry for another 12 hours. This increases the resistance of seedlings to pests and diseases. Maize: Seeds are soaked in cow urine for 12 hours before sowing. Banana: The suckers are kept in hot water for a few minutes before planting. Chilli: Seeds are immersed in biogas slurry for half an hour. This promotes vigorous growth and increases disease resistance in seedlings. Cotton: Seeds are mixed with a solution containing cow dung slurry and diluted lime before sowing.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	V R Iyyappan
District	Tirunelveli
KVK District	KVK, Oormelazhagiyan, Tirunelveli District
Address	Reddiapatti village,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	626118

PAS_1	"Developing eco-friendly biofungicide for the management of major seed-borne diseases of rice and assessing their physical stability and storage life." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631069117300574
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Region / Sub Region (ICAR) Eastern Ghats And TamilNadu Uplands (8.1), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) West Coast Plains And Ghat Region East Coast Plains And Hills Region (XII, XI), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Southern Zone (TN-6)
Other Community Practices	"Use of Salvadorapersica in oral and dental care for pets and pets" https://patents.google.com/patent/DE10258659B4/en 47.
Practice ID	KNW0020000000400
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/153
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	626118