Practice Name:

Powdery Mildew Disease in Finger Millet and Sorghum

Details
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.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Soniabhai Machhubhai Magariya
City / District	Dang
KVK District	Dangs (Waghai)
Address	Mu. Goriya, Po. Chitkiya Aahava Dangs Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
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
Reference	Dang-2000/12
Scout	HBN