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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. |
Innovator / Knowledge Provider | T. N. Prakash |
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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- |
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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 |