Practice Name:

Heliothis in Cotton

Details
Category	Crop pest and disease management
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Flour Of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum Typhoides), Buttermilk And Cows Urine
Details of Innovation	A pitcher with ten kilogram flour of pearlmillet (Pennisetum typhoides) is buried in FYM (Farm Yard Manure) for 15 days. Keep pitcher out from FYM after 15 days and soak flour is in water for one day. Next day, add two liters of cows urine and filter it. Thereafter, three to four days later, mix one liter of buttermilk (which is filtered) with this filtrate . Two hundred and fifty grams of this remedy is sprayed over cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crops with the help of sprayer after mixing it with water. This practice controls heliothis, sucking pests, and also induces growth and development in cotton crops.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Narabhai Doyabhai Bholodia
District	Junagadh
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Ambuja Foundation, Ambuja Cement Plant, Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh-Gujarat)
Address	Mu Sardargadh. Manavadar Junagadh Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362630

PAS_1	"INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT IN COTTON TO ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY."https://www.cicr.org.in/pdf/ELS/prot1.pdf
PAS_2	"Modelling adaptability of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) to Bt-cotton in India."https://www.jstor.org/stable/24108981?seq=1
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Arid western Plains (5.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Saurashtra Zone (GJ.7)
Other Community Practices	"Sustainable pest management for cotton production. A review."https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00886438/document
Practice ID	DTP0010000001209
Reference	Junagadh-95/4
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/538
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362630