Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Protection against Insects by Mix Crop
| Details | |
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| Category | Crop Production |
| Crop | onion, carrot, indian beans, maize |
| Crop Family | onion: Amaryllidaceae carrot: Umbellifers indian beans: Legumes maize : Grasses |
| Scientific Name | onion: Allium cepa carrot: Daucus carota subsp. sativus indian beans:Lablab purpureus maize : Zea |
| Vernacular Name | onion: dungli, kanda carrot: gajar indian beans: chawli maize : makai |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Onion (Allium cepa), carrot (Daucus carota), Indian bean (Dolichos lablab), maize (Zea mays) |
| Details of Innovation | Growing of mix crops like onion (Allium cepa) with carrot (Daucus carota) prevents infestation of insect pests . Similarly, growing of mix crops like Indian bean (Dolichos lablab) with maize (Zea mays) keeps insects away. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Narayan Reddy |
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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 | 560063 |
| PAS_1 | "Impact of intercrops and border crops on pest incidence in okra, G.K. Sujayanand* , R.K. Sharma and K. Shankarganesh" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306041270_Impact_of_intercrops_and_border_crops_ on_pest_incidence_in_okra/link/5a9544e10f7e9ba429716742/download |
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| PAS_2 | |
| 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 | Effect of intercropping on sucking pests, predators and parasitoids in groundnut-cowpea intercropping system https://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2018/vol6issue5/PartZ/6-5-280-783.pdf |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000002842 |
| Reference | lok(5) 4, jul-Aug-2000, Pg No. 16 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/402 |
| State | Karnataka |
| PIN Code | 560063 |