Practice Name:

Ant Takes On Rhinoceros Beetle

Details
Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	Rhinoceros Beetle
Crop Family	Scarabs
Scientific Name	Dynastinae
Vernacular Name	Asiatic rhinoceros beetle; black beetle; coconut black beetle; coconut palm rhinoceros beetle; date palm beetle; dung beetle; rhinoceros beetle; scarab beetle.
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	jaggery, water
Details of Innovation	In coconut (Cocos nucifera), pomegranate (Punica granatum) and guava (Psidium guajava) trees, rhinoceros beetle makes holes in the stems and feeds on their inner parts. To control this problem, jaggery (100 gram) is mixed with 100 millilitre water thoroughly and sprayed on the infested stem at five days intervals. Ants are attracted by the jaggery solution and they attack and kill the rhinoceros beetle. The effect is observed on the third day. This method is being used for the last seven years.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Dhirabhai Ravjibhai Kantariya
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	At Harthal via,koliyak, place Hathalni Nali.
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364001

PAS_1	"Biological control of the rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) in the Southh Paciic by baculovirus." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167880986900873
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	DTP0010000001076
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/207
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364001