Practice Name:

Storage of Seed

Details
Category	Seed Conservation
Crop	Any Pulses Seeds
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Leaves of gram (Cicer arietinum) and sour buttermilk
Details of Innovation	Seeds of pulse crop, which are stored for sowing the crop in the next season, are spoiled due to storage. To prevent damage of seeds, use the leaves of gram (Cicer arietinum) and sour buttermilk. First of all, the seeds are dried well and then, they are soaked in sour buttermilk . The soaked seeds are dried again for the removal the moisture. They are then mixed with the leaves/powder of gram (Cicer arietinum) and stored in air-tight place. By this method, the seeds can be easily stored for the next monsoon season without any damage to the seeds. Even by this method, the seeds can be stored for longer duration.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Chaturiben Prakashbhai Makwana
District	Dahod
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Dahod
Address	Gunamuvadi Limkheda Dahod Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389130

PAS_1	"Traditional storage practices" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228344463_Traditional_storage_practices/link/5f7ff68c299bf1b53e18473d/download
PAS_2	Indigenous practices for eco-friendly storage of food grains and seeds https://medcraveonline.com/APAR/APAR-03-00101.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Madhya Bharat plateau Western Malwa plateau, Eastern Gujarat plain, Vindhyan and Satpura range and Narmada Valley hot, moist semi-arid eco-subregion (5.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) , Agro-Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Zone (GJ-3)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000002938
Reference	Dahod/99-4
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/389
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389130