Practice Name:

Heliothis in Groundnut

Details
Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	Groundnut
Crop Family	Fabaceae
Scientific Name	(Arachis hypogaea)
Vernacular Name	peanuts, mufali, china badam
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Raw salt, water, sprayer, broom
Details of Innovation	One kilogram raw salt is grinded to fine powder and diluted in five liters of water for 24 hours as a stock solution. This solution is spread on heliothis infested groundnut crop with the help of sprayer or broom. This kills all heliothis within three to four hours. This practice is in use for last 10 years. This practice is economically cheap and has no side-effect.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Harajibhai Bachubhai Kantaria
District	Junagadh
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Ambuja Foundation, Ambuja Cement Plant, Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh-Gujarat)
Address	At Bhuteshwar via Ghogha
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364110

PAS_1	"Ms Prasanthi uses leaves of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br to control the red hairy caterpillar.”https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=18745&page=6&search_case=caterpillar,%20groundnut
PAS_2	"The groundnut when intercropped with pigeon pea had the lowest incidence as well as lowest percentage of damage whereas the groundnut sown with sesamum showed maximum incidence and % leaf damage.” http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:apps&volume=12&issue=1&article=009
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Arid western Plains (5.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Saurashtra Zone (GJ.7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000961
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/165
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364110