Practice Name:

Control of Smut in Jowar (Sorghum vulgare)


Details
Category Crop Production
Crop Sorghum
Crop Family Poaceae
Scientific Name (Sorghum vulgare)
Vernacular Name Fodder sorghum, jowar, jola, juar, or cholam
Scout HBN
Ingredients Urine of bullocks
Details of Innovation Almost every year, the smut disease seen in Jowar (Sorghum vulgare) plants in north Karnataka. To control this, soak the seeds for two to three minutes in the urine of an active bullock prior to sowing.  Shri Bima Reddy of  Dharwad  region  of   Navalgund taluka finds it an effective traditional technique.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider T. N. Prakash
District Bangalore
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hadonahalli ,Thubagere hobli, Doddaballapura Taluk, Bengaluru Rural District - 561 205,
Address Bangalore, Karnataka
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Karnataka
PIN Code 560007

PAS_1 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Somanagouda_Patil/publication/313507497_Effect_of_grain_smut_incidence_on_crop_growth_seed_yield_and_quality_parameters_of_Rabi_sorghum/links/589ca2d945851573881be8ca/Effect-of-grain-smut-incidence-on-crop-growth-seed-
PAS_2 http://www.thebioscan.in/Journal%20Supplement/82Sup17%20RAKESH%20C.%20MATHAD.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone Eastern Ghats And TamilNadu Uplands And D (8.2),Southern Plateau and Hills Region (X) ,Eastern Dry Zone (KA-5)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000002489
Reference Lok (1) 1 Feb 1995 Pg No. 11
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/392
State Karnataka
PIN Code 560007