Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Cow Urine to Protect Great Millet
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Crop pest and disease management |
| Crop | Finger millet |
| Crop Family | Poaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Eleusine coracana) |
| Vernacular Name | Ragi, Finger millet |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | |
| Details of Innovation | Dahyabhai Sindhav is farmer from Nagwada village of Patdi Taluka of the Surendranagar district in Gujarat. He suggests a remedy to protect great millet from angario (smut) disease. He coats the seeds with cow urine before sowing them. Now the Great Millet is safe from angario (smut) disease. |
Leaflet | © OpenStreetMap contributors
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Dahyabhai Chehabhai Sindhav |
|---|---|
| District | Surendranagar |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520 |
| Address | Nagwada Patdi Surendranagar Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 382765 |
| PAS_1 | "Screening Techniques for Pearl Millet Diseases."https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/211013625.pdf |
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| PAS_2 | |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) |
| Other Community Practices | "Cultural Practices: An Eco-friendly Innovative Approach in Plant Disease Management."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299488524_Cultural_Practices_An_Eco-friendly_Innovative_Approach_in_Plant_Disease_Management |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000000002 |
| Reference | Ahmedabad/92/2 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/445 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 382765 |