Practice Name:

Reducing Patches on Onion to Ashes

Details
Category	Crop pest and disease management
Crop	Onion
Crop Family	Asteraceae
Scientific Name	(Alium cepa)
Vernacular Name	Dungli
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Ash
Details of Innovation	Karnabhai Patel of Gujarat believes in ash to ash and dust to dust method. If onion (Allium cepa) leaves become slightly yellowish and develop white patches on both bottom and top sides of the leaf, it is time to act. This is because the leaf starts withering and eventually the plant may die. To treat the condition, Karnabhai chooses the morning, when there is dew on the plants. At the hour, he sprinkles ash on onion plants. Due to the dew, the ash sticks to the top of the leaf. In each bigha, 15 to 20 kilogram ash is required. Ash is sprinkled so as to spread all over the farm. In six to seven days, the white patches on the leaves are visbly reduced. First, the white patches are noticed on the bottom side of the leaves and later on top. The ash treatment will reduce the white patches to dust, so opines Karnabhai. This method is self-developed by the farmer. Farmers in Mehsana villages are following it .

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Govindbhai Sankarbhai Patel
District	Mehsana
KVK District	Ganpat University,Kherva Dist: Mehsana
Address	Mu. Gothava Visnagar Mahesana Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	384315

PAS_1	"Onion." https://plantvillage.psu.edu/topics/onion/infos/diseases_and_pests_description_uses_propagation
PAS_2	"Ecofriendly Approach of Managing Onion Downy Mildew." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338195088_Ecofriendly_Approach_of_Managing_Onion_Downy_Mildew
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Northern Plain (and Central Highlands) In (4.2), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Gujarat zone (GJ-4)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000001646
Reference	Jalor-96/14
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/579
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	384315