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.

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