Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Powdery Mildew Disease in Finger Millet and Sorghum
| Details | |
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| Category | Crop pest and disease management |
| Crop | Finger millet |
| Crop Family | Poaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Eleusine coracana) |
| Vernacular Name | Ragi, Finger millet |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Leaves and vines of "kahdod", water |
| Details of Innovation | Powdery mildew-infected crop shows symptoms of blackening of earheads and stunting, and many times, earhead remains empty. This all leads to the reduction in yield. To control this disease, 1 KG leaves and vines each of "kahdod" vine are mixed and then crushed. Add 2Litres of water to it. Keep it for 4 to 5 hrs and then filter it through clean cloth. Add 2 Litres of water again to this filtrate. This makes total 4 Lof stock solution. Spray this solution in total one acre of finger millet (Eleusive corocana)or sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) crop. The spray is repeated and controls 50% of the disease. This is a traditional method which has been used for the past 15 years. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Soniabhai Machhubhai Magariya |
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| District | Dang |
| KVK District | Dangs (Waghai) |
| Address | Mu. Goriya, Po. Chitkiya Aahava Dangs Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 394710 |
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| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) North Sahyadris and konkan coast hot humid eco sub region (19.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and Hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Gujarat heavy rainfall area (GJ-1) |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000002118 |
| Reference | Dang-2000/12 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/600 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 394710 |