Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
When Pearl Millet Rescues Tobacco
| Details | |
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| Category | Crop pest and disease management |
| Crop | Tomato |
| Crop Family | Nightshade |
| Scientific Name | (Solanum lycopersicum) |
| Vernacular Name | Tameta, Tamatar |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) |
| Details of Innovation | Due to heavy rains, there is a danger of the seedlings of tobacco (Nicotina tobaccum) putrefying, particularly if the roots are affected. To control the damage to tobacco, it will be useful if there is rain-damaged and decomposing pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) crop nearby. If it is available, saving tobacco seedlings becomes that much easier. Simply clean the upper part of the pearl millet cob to remove dirt, if any, and save it. Strew the wasted portion along with pearl millet husk on the field where tobacco is coming up. Put pearl millet husk in the tobacco nursery also. Within two to three days, the tobacco seedlings rejuvenate and are in good condition and fit for planting. Use 1 kilogram of decomposed pearl millet for every 100 square feet area having tobacco seedlings. The farmers in Banaskantha villages have adopted this symbiotic practice to prevent loss of tobacco, which is a rich commercial crop. Scout Abdulla Pathan confirmed the practice in June 2004. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Hamirsinh Motisinh Parmar |
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| District | Kheda |
| KVK District | KrishiVignan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith, Dethli, District:- Kheda Phone No.02694-291252, e-mail:kvkkheda@gmail.com |
| Address | Mu. Dahevan, The. Nasvadi Borsad Kheda Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 388540 |
| PAS_1 | "ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL OF PEARL MILLET AS A COVER CROP IN THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL SANDS ."https://agroecology.wiscweb.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/75/2017/10/Leytem_thesis_8_16.pdf |
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| PAS_2 | |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco-Region (5.2) , Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hill region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agro Climatic zone(GJ-3), North Gujarat Zone GJ-5 |
| Other Community Practices | "AESA BASED IPM Package PEARL MILLET."https://farmer.gov.in/imagedefault/ipm/pearl_millet.pdf |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000001153 |
| Reference | Kheda/97/1 - Vadodara/99/1 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/524 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 388540 |