Practice Name:

Caterpillar Control in Field Crops

Details
Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Leaves of jatropha (Jatropha curcas), water, pump
Details of Innovation	To treat this problem, mash of five kilogram leaves of jatropha (Jatropha curcas) are boiled in 20 L of water till half the volume remains. It is filled in a bottle after cooling. About 200 to 300 ml of this concoction is mixed with 15 L of water capacity pump and then spread on the affected crop.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Balubhai Dudabhai Makwana
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Mu po Mota Asharana
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364280

PAS_1	"Ms Prasanthi uses leaves of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br to control red hairy caterpillar.”https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=18745&page=6&search_case=caterpillar,%20groundnut
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000983
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/171
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN