Practice Name:

Interesting Seed Treatment Methods for Germination

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Paddy Maize Banana Cotton Chilli
Crop Family	Grasses Grasses Musaceae Mallows Solanaceae
Scientific Name	Oryza sativa Zea mays Musa acuminata Gossypium Capsicum frutescens
Vernacular Name	Patrick, Patricia, Padraig corn, makai, doda kela kapas, ru marcha, long pepper, Chilli Pepper, chili powder
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Slurry From Biogas Plant, Cow Dung, Cow Urine, Hot Water, and Lemon Water Solution
Control Mode

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	V. R. Aicchappan
District	Virudunagar
KVK District	TNAU-KVK, Regional Research Station Campus, Kovilangulam, Aruppukottai- 626101
Address	Reddiapatti,Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	626118

PAS_1	"Speed of germination and Germination percentage (78 and 83.25%) respectively and were highest in Cow urine” https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2017/vol6issue3/PartM/6-3-129-451.pdf
PAS_2	"Major pests of cotton" http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/crop_prot_crop_insectpest%20_cotton.html
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Region / Sub Region (ICAR) Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) East Coast Plains and Hill Region (XI), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Southern zone (TN-5)
Other Community Practices	"Farmers grow 2-3 lines of okra (Ablelmoschus esculentus) plant surrounding the cotton field. They believe that cotton pest complex prefer okra plant as compared to okra plant and attack them first.” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=1050&page=3&search_case=Boll%20Worms%20in%20Cotton
Practice ID	DTP0010000002658
Reference	Lok(4)1, feb.-1999, pg.no-8
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/425
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	626118