Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
When Pearl Millet Rescues Tobacco
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Crop Protection and Disease Management |
| Crop | Tomato |
| Crop Family | Nightshade |
| Scientific Name | (Solanum lycopersicum) |
| Vernacular Name | Tameta, Tamatar |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) |
| Details of Innovation | Due to heavy rains, there is a danger of the seedlings of tobacco (Nicotina tobaccum) putrefying, particularly if the roots are affected. To control the damage to tobacco, it will be useful if there is rain-damaged and decomposing pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) crop nearby. If rain-damaged and decomposing pearl millet crop is available, saving tobacco seedlings becomes that much easier. Simply clean the upper part of the pearl millet cob to remove dirt, if any, and save it. Strew the wasted portion along with pearl millet husk on the field where tobacco is coming up. Put pearl millet husk in the tobacco nursery also. Within two to three days, the tobacco seedlings rejuvenate and are in good condition and fit for planting. Use 1 kilogram of decomposed pearl millet for every 100 square feet area having tobacco seedlings. The farmers in Banaskantha villages have adopted this symbiotic practice to prevent loss of tobacco, which is a rich commercial crop. Scout Abdulla Pathan confirmed the practice in June 2004. |
Leaflet | © OpenStreetMap contributors
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Hamirsinh Motisinh Parmar |
|---|---|
| District | Kheda |
| KVK District | KrishiVignan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith, Dethli, District:- Kheda Phone No.02694-291252, e-mail:kvkkheda@gmail.com |
| Address | Mu. Dahevan, The. Nasvadi |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 388550 |
| PAS_1 | "Insecticidal potentials of Ocimum basilicum leaf-extract" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960852497001880 |
|---|---|
| PAS_2 | "Ecologically Acceptable usage of Derivatives of Essential Oil of Sweet Basil, Ocimum basilicum, as Antifeedants Against Larvae of the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015404/ |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco-Region (5.2) , Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hill region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agro Climatic zone(GJ-3), North Gujarat Zone GJ-5 |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000001153 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/238 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 388550 |