Practice Name:

Pest (Talkeedi) Control in Cotton

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Onion (Alium cepa)
Details of Innovation	In cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), "talkeedi", a small red-colored insect infestation occurs. The insects remain in the soil and damage the root of the cotton plant, and gradually killing it. The insects appear more during the monsoons, causing 70 to 80 % damage. For controlling this pest, when watering is done in mid-September-October per acre cotton crop10 kg onion (Allium cepa) is crushed in a washing club, stuffed in a gunny bag, and kept in the water channel. The onion juice enters the farm soil, and its pungency and odor affects the insects. This process has to be done just once per acre of land and doesn't have to be repeated. In a week, the effect is observed. This is a traditional practice. Per acre land, 10 kg onion is the proportion. The bag is to be changed at intervals so that the onion juice reaches the entire farmland.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Mansulkhbhai Nagjibhai Mahtokia
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Mu Lathidal Botad Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364710

PAS_1	"Sustainable Pest Management for Cotton Production: A Review."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41714543_Sustainable_Pest_Management_for_Cotton_Production_A_Review
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000775
Reference	Bhavnagar- 94/11
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/604
Reference	Bhavnagar- 94/11
Scout	HBN