Practice Name:

Control of Green Caterpillar (Heliothes spp) Infestation Of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

Details
Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	Peanut
Crop Family	Legumes
Scientific Name	(Arachis hypogaea)
Vernacular Name	groundnut, earthnut, or goober
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Sea water salt, water
Details of Innovation	Peanut, gram (Cicer anitemum) and millet (pennisetum typhoide) crops are infected by green caterpiller.The seawater salt is crushed and allowed to disslove for in water for 24 hours.and spray the sollution in damaging area of pest. Those people who are familiars with the method use it ti has no side effects and it very economical.

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 red hairy caterpillar.”https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=18745&page=6&search_case=caterpillar,%20groundnut
PAS_2	"the groundnut when intercropped with pigeonpea had 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	DTP0010000001056
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/199
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364110