Practice Name:

Protecting Sorghum from Grasshopper

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	Crown Flower (Calotropis Gigantean)
Details of Innovation	To prevent grasshoppers and aphids from destroying the sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) or chastiya crop, use one bagful of the branches of crown flower (Calotropis gigantean). The branches along with leaves are soaked in a big vessel containing water. This becomes the stock solution for spraying on the sorghum crop. Before spraying the solution, take out the used branches and place them at random in the field. This furthers the spraying effort. Farmer Naranbhai Sarvaliya has adopted this method out of experience.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Naranbhai Paragbhai Sarvaliya
District	Surendranagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address	At po sayala Sayala Surendranagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	363430

PAS_1	"Insect pest management in sorghum."https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/agriculture/plants/crops-pastures/broadacre-field-crops/insect-pest-management-specific-crops/insect-pest-management-sorghum
PAS_2	"Management of Insect and Mite Pests in Sorghum."https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/management-of-insect-and-mite-pests-in-sorghum.html
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	DTP0010000000602
Reference	Surendranagar- 95/21
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/479
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	363430