Practice Name:

Pest and Disease in Sorghum and Pearl Millet Crop


Details
Category Crop pest and disease management
Crop Sorghum
Crop Family Poaceae
Scientific Name (Sorghum vulgare)
Vernacular Name Fodder sorghum, jowar, jola, juar, or cholam
Scout HBN
Ingredients Leaves of wind killer (Clerodendrum phlomidis), leaves of worm killer (Aristolochia bracteata), "chhandasan"
Details of Innovation For the control of pest and disease in sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) and pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) crop, 100 g leaves of wind killer (Clerodendrum phlomidis), 100 g leaves of worm killer (Aristolochia bracteata) and 100 g "chhandasan" are pounded and extract is obtained. This extract is applied as a seed treatment before sowing them into the field. Thus, the crop is saved of the problem. This practice controls sixty to seventy per cent of the pest and disease problem. Twenty per cent people are using this practice in the village. It is a traditional practice.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Mohanbhai Ramabhai Bavaliya
District Surendranagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address Kalasar Chotila Surendranagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 363520

PAS_1 "AESA BASED IPM PACKAGE-Pearl Millet."https://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Pearlmillet.pdf
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
Practice ID DTP0010000000169
Reference Surendranagar/94/1
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/457
State Gujarat
PIN Code 363520