Practice Name:

Halt to Yellowing of 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	Flower of lemon (Citrus limon), buttermilk, cow urine
Details of Innovation	There is a possibility of plant rot ollowing heavy rainfall once the groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is sown. Due to this, the whole plant becomes yellowish and its growth is stunted. As a solution to this problem, juice extract of 100 gram of neem flower and 100 ml each of buttermilk and cow urine are mixed together in a vessel. Hundred milliliter of this solution is mixed in about 10 liter of water and sprayed with the help of spray pump of 10 liter capacity, on the affected groundnut crop. Three pumps are sufficient for 0.24 ha of groundnut for the recovery of the crop. As a result, yellowness of plant disappears and plant growth is normalized. Effect of this practice is observed within two days of the treatment. This practice is in use for the last three years and has been developed through self-experiment. About 75% villagers in Bhavnagar district are using this practice.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Anandubahi Valkubhai Khumar
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	At motivadal, via vijpadi (Saurastra).
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364290

PAS_1	"Coconut leaf vermin wash: A bio-liquid from coconut leaf vermicompost for improving the crop production capacities of soil - Coconut leaf vermiwash (CLV) was produced from actively vermicomposting coconut leaf litter + cow dung substrate (10 : 1 w/w basis) by Eudrilus sp. It significantly increased the seedling vigour index of cowpea and paddy at 1 : 10 and 1 : 15 dilutions in laboratory trials. Field trials carried out in red sandy loam soil (Arenic Paleustults) resulted in an increase of 36% fresh biomass weight of cowpea with application of CLV at 1 : 10 dilution. In maize, the increase in cob yield was by 5–10% and in bhendi (okra) 22–33% increase in fruit yield was recorded at 1 : 5 dilutions of CLV. A concomitant increase in populations of general and plant beneficial microorganisms and soil enzyme activities in the rhizosphere of CLV-applied plants was also recorded. Soil organic carbon content increased in the CLV-applied plots in all the crops studied, but the total N, available P and K content in soil varied in different crops. The study indicated that CLV must be used in graded doses. Its application increased the crop production capacities of soil by (i) enhancing its organic carbon contents and (ii) increasing the populations of the soil microorganisms, particularly plant-beneficial ones; and their activities, which would have facilitated increased uptake of the nutrients by the plants resulting in higher growth and yield." https://www.jstor.org/stable/24110150?seq=1
PAS_2	"Cissus repanda Vahl (Harjodwa) - It is also known as pani vel. (Syn. C.rosea, Vitis repanda and V. rosea) and belong to Family Vitaceae, commonly known as ‘Panivel’. It is used for treatment of bone fracture of human as well as animals. "https://www.florajournal.com/archives/2017/vol5issue6/PartA/6-5-4-357.pdf
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	DTP0010000001072
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/204
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364290