Practice Name:

Heliothis in Pigeon pea Crop

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Pigeon pea
Crop Family	Legumes
Scientific Name	(Cajanus cajan)
Vernacular Name	Toor, Arhar, Red gram
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	wind killer (Clerodendron phlomides), custard apple (Annona squamosa)
Details of Innovation	Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is an important pulse crop. The crop is attacked by a number of insect pests. One major pest is heliothis. The larvae of heliothis are of green or almond colour with two lateral white strips on both the sides. These larvae first of all eat the upper cover of the seeds and then slowly the inner part i.e. the seed. In winter, they causes damage to the flowers. For control of these larvae, leaves of wind killer plant (Clerodendron phlomides) and custard apple (Annona squamosa) are used. The leaves of the wind killer plant and custard apple are taken and boiled in water. The boiled mixture is then filtered in another vessel and allowed to cool down. About 200 g of the decoction is then mixed in 10 L water and sprayed on the heliothis-infested pigeon pea crop. The effect of this sprayed mixture lasts for six to seven days. According to Nepralart Database, the leaves of custard apple are useful in pest control, but at the same time, juice extracted from the seeds of custard apple is also found to be useful in the pest control programme.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Rasulbhai Ahmedbhai Dhanchi
District	Kheda
KVK District	KrishiVignan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith, Dethli, District:- Kheda Phone No.02694-291252, e-mail:kvkkheda@gmail.com
Address	Agat na muwada post Bhailakai Kapadwary Kheda Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	387620

PAS_1	"Pigeonpea and Integrated Pest Management "https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327270198_Pigeonpea_and_Integrated_Pest_Management/link/5bfa0d93a6fdcc538818cc82/download
PAS_2
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	"The control and protection of cotton plants using natural insecticides against the colonization by Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae)" https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-86212013000200004
Practice ID	DTP0010000002652
Reference	lok (3) 1, Feb-1998, Pg No. 6
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/336
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	387620