Practice Name:

Growth Hormone in Grape and Banana Crop

Details
Category	Crop Protection,Crop
Crop	Grape and Banana Crop
Crop Family	grapes : Grapes banana : Bananas
Scientific Name	grapes : Vitis vinifera banana : Musa
Vernacular Name	grapes : draksh, angur banana : kela
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	sugar, ghee, honey, curd, milk
Control Mode

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Badribhai Patel
District	Vadodara
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mangal Bharati, Taluka :,Snahkeda, District : Vadodara (Gujarat)
Address	Mu. Dharmpur Saavali Vadodara Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	391770

PAS_1	"Calcium carbide is widely used for artificial ripening of bananas. Maduwanthi, S.D.T. and Marapana, R.A.U.J., 2019. Induced ripening agents and their effect on fruit quality of banana. International journal of food science, 2019."
PAS_2	"Most climacteric fruits in India are ripened with industrial grade calcium carbide. Industrial-grade calcium carbide usually contains traces of arsenic and phosphorus, and, thus, use of this chemical for this purpose is illegal in most countries." http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/fruit_ripening.pdf Dated: 14/5/2020
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain 5.2 (15 Dm4)Central Kathiawar peninsula, hot dry, Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agroclimatic Zone (GJ-3)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000002853
Reference	Lok(5)6, Dec.-2000, Pg.No.-6
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/372
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	391770