Practice Name:

Crab Menace in Paddy

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Paddy
Crop Family	Poaceae
Scientific Name	(Oryza sativa)
Vernacular Name	Rice
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	asafoetida (Ferula assafoetida), castor (Ricinus communis) cake
Details of Innovation	Crabs are the pest of paddy that is specially grown in the low laying areas in monsoon season. They live near field boundry by making burows.The infestation / damage can occur in any stage of paddy (Oryza sativa) crop. The pest generally damage the crop plants by cuting the leaf and tillers. Spraying mixture of about one kilogram castor (Ricinus communis) cake and 50 g asafoetida (Ferula assafoetida) over crab infested area of field, controls the crab.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Neeruben Veljibhai Chowdhry
District	Surat
KVK District	Navsari Agricultural University, Surat
Address	MU Ranveri Valod Surat Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	394640

PAS_1	"Castor meal is a good organic fertilizer, due to its high N and P contents, but blending with castor husks is not necessary. Blends of castor meal and castor husks for optimized use as organic fertilizer." https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82583546.pdf
PAS_2	"Applying only 500 kg ofcastor de-oiled cake along with 100 percent recommended dose of NPK and Zn per hectare is enough to get higher income with reducedcost of cultivation. Effect of Castor De-Oiled Cake and Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth, Yield and Economics of Rice (Oryza sativa L)." https://actascientific.com/ASAG/pdf/ASAG-01-0003.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat plain (5.2) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plain and Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Gujarat Zone (GJ-2)
Other Community Practices	"Green-Manuring For Rice." http://203.200.22.249:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/12109/1/Green_Manuring-for_Rice_1146.pdf
Practice ID	DTP0010000002561
Reference	lok (2) 2-3 Jun 1997, Pg No. 12
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/305
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	394640