Practice Name:

Control of Rhinocerors Beetle in Cocosnusifera

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Coconut
Crop Family	Arecaceae
Scientific Name	(Cocos nucifera)
Vernacular Name	Nariyeli tree
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Jaggery, water
Details of Innovation	Shri Jethabhai Ashibhai Kamalia inserts a rod in the and hole and takes out dust . Thereafter, he sealsit with jaggery. According to him, the sweetness of jaggery will attract, ants and they will kill the Rhenocerous beetle. Other farmers of this locality use coaltar to seal the hole because of storage of air insect dies. A farmer named Anric of Colombra obseved that Rhenicerous beetle likes pineapple. He kept one or two slice s of pineapple in smooth cylindrical boxes and hangest such boxes cocos nusifers rainfall in the area is gulte haevy and in roder to prevent water being accumulated in the boxes smell of pineapple Rhinocerous beetle entrie the box and eats the pineapple but it is not posible for this insect to climb up alippeny level of the box and due to staration it dies. A similar pratice is noticed in certain area of Tamilnadu, they,instead of using pineapple, use edilble oil which has been used in cooking. Its smell attracts Rhinocerous betle they take out such insects and destory them.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Jethabhai Arsibhai kumalia
District	Junagadh
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Ambuja Foundation, Ambuja Cement Plant, Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh-Gujarat)
Address	Shaorana Keshod Junagadh Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362229

PAS_1	"Deep ploughing of nursery area during April-May will facilitate the exposure of pupae to high temperature and thus destroy them. Sow castor around tobacco nursery 15 days before sowing of tobacco so that the castor puts up sufficient foliage by the time Spodoptera infestation builds up. The castor seedlings attract female moths of Spodoptera for egg laying. Leaves having egg masses and tiny caterpillars are clipped and destroyed. Four `litlure' pheromone traps are installed (loaded with 2.5 mg pheromone per vial) per acre two weeks after germination. If the catch of male Spodoptera moths is more than 5 per trap 1 % neem seed kernel suspension (NSKS) in water on 3 week old seedlings and 2% NSKS on 4 week old seedlings is to be sprayed. For preparing 10 litres of 1% NSKS 100 gm of neem seed kernel powder is taken and placed in a small muslin cloth bag. The bag is dipped in a bucket (or any vessel) containing 10 litres of water. The bag is squeezed for 15 minutes to obtain a light brownish liquid. This suspension can be directly sprayed on tobacco seedlings. For preparing 2% NSKS of 10 litres, 200 gm of neem seed kernel powder is to be taken and prepared as above. Spraying 50 litres of 1% NSKS on 3 week old seedlings and 60 litres of 2% NSKS on 4 weeks old seedlings or 1125 litres of nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) solution prepared by 250 NPV infected larva by mixing with 250 g rice powder or starch powder during evening times or Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki @ 1.0 kg in 1125 litres of water per hectare controls the pest. If the number of seedlings damaged by Spodoptera exceeds 6 per sq.m. area spraying any one of the following insecticides from 4 weeks onwards is recommended. Emamectin benzoate 5 SG @ 5 g in 10 litres of water Novaluron 10 EC @ 10 ml in 10 litres of water. During cyclonic weather, tobacco caterpillar, S. litura can also be controlled by putting jaggery and rice bran baits. This is prepared by dissolving 6.25 kg jaggery in 12.5 litres of water and adding to this emamectin benzoate 5 SG 200 ml. To this 25 kg rice bran is slowly added by mixing it thoroughly with a smooth stick so that the bait is made into small balls. The bait is broadcasted on the nursery beds during evening hours to effectively control the caterpillars. The other 3 species of caterpillars viz., (1) green caterpillar, L. exigua (2) green looper P. signata and (3) black caterpillar, A. ypsilon that sometimes infest the tobacco nurseries can also be controlled by spraying any one of the above insecticides." https://ctri.icar.gov.in/for_controlPests.php
PAS_2
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	DTP0010000002586
Reference	Lok(1) 2, April-1996, pg.no.-13
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/315
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362229