Practice Name:

Preventing Grasshopper from Destroying Pearl Millet

Details
Category	Crop pest and disease management
Crop	Pearl Millet
Crop Family	Poaceae
Scientific Name	(Pennisetum typhoides)
Vernacular Name	bulrush millet, babala, bajra, cumbu, dukhn, gero, sajje, sanio or souna
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Wind killer (Clerodendrum phlomidis)
Details of Innovation	To prevent the grasshopper from destroying the pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) crop, the seeds are first soaked in the juice of wind killer (Clerodendrum phlomidis) and are then sown. The grasshopper keeps off such a field. Thus the destruction caused by the grasshopper is controlled. Besides, adopting the practice will increase pearl millet production. Many people have adopted this traditional method.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Nathabhai Chothabhai Dabhi
District	Surendranagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address	Adana Chotila Surendranagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	363520

PAS_1	"Pearl Millet Injury by Five Grasshopper Species (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Mali."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233498835_Pearl_Millet_Injury_by_Five_Grasshopper_Species_Orthoptera_Acrididae_in_Mali
PAS_2	"Management of Economically Important Insect Pests of Millet."https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/10/1/28/5569990
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	DTP0010000000612
Reference	Surendranagar- 95/22
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/481
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	363520