Practice Name:

Suking insects in cotton crop


Details
Category Crop Production
Crop Cotton
Crop Family Malvaceae
Scientific Name (Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name Kapas
Scout HBN
Ingredients Tobacoo powder and water.
Control Mode

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Bhikhbai Prabhuckas Mansi
District Amreli
KVK District Krishi Vgyan Kendra, Junagadh Agricultural University, Keria Road, Amreli-365 611
Address Gundaran Litra Amreli Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 365220

PAS_1 "Powder one kg tobacco (Nicotianatabacum) and soak it in three litres water in an earthen pot for three days. Then filter it and add 500 ml neem oil. Mix this with soap. Dilute with water and spray the mixture on the cotton crop. It is sufficient for one acre. The results, i.e., good flower and fruit formation and reduced flower dropping, are apparent within a week.” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=8225&page=7&search_case=flower%20drop
PAS_2 "TILLAGE DEPTH, TILLAGE TIMING, AND COVER CROP EFFECTS ON COTTON YIELD, SOIL STRENGTH, AND TILLAGE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS" https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/download/14353/PDF 43.
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) South Saurashtra (GJ-7)
Other Community Practices "Two kg of neem seeds are ground well and diluted with water and then filtered. To this filtrate, ten kg of fresh cow dung is mixed thoroughly. This is sufficient for spraying on one acre of land by adding required quantity of water to stop flower dropping” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=12165&page=4&search_case=flower%20drop
Practice ID DTP0010000002636
Reference lok (2) 5, Sep-oct-1997, Pg No.5
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/329
State Gujarat
PIN Code 365220