Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Ant Takes on Rhinoceros Beetle
| Details | |
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| Category | Crop Production |
| Crop | coconut, pomegranate, guava |
| Crop Family | coconut- Arecaceae pomegranate- punick glacum guava - Phidum guava |
| Scientific Name | coconut (Cocos nucifera), pomegranate (Punica granatum), guava (Psidium guajava) |
| Vernacular Name | coconut- Naliyer pomegranate- Dadam, Anar guava -Jamrud, Jamafal |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Jaggery, water |
| Details of Innovation | In coconut (Cocos nucifera), pomegranate (Punica granatum), and guava (Psidium guajava) trees, rhinoceros beetle makes a hole in the stem and feeds on the inner part. Jaggery (100 gram) is thoroughly mixed with 100-milliliter water and sprayed on the infested stem at five days intervals to control this problem. Jaggery solutions attract ants. Ants attack the rhinoceros beetle and kill it when in high numbers. The effect of this method is observed on the third day itself. This method has been in use for the last seven years. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Dhirabhai Ravjibhai Kantariya |
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| City / District | Bhavnagar |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Address | At Harthal via,koliyak, place Hathalni Nali. Ghogha Bhavnagar Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | Gujarati |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364110 |
| PAS_1 | "Crop Protection :: Pest of Coconut."https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/coconut/crop_prot_crop_insect_oil_coconut_1.html |
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| PAS_2 | Management of rhinoceros beetle menace in coconut.https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/management-of-rhinoceros-beetle-menace-in-coconut/article2366175.ece |
| 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 | "From discovery to eradication: the coconut rhinoceros beetle on Guam."https://blog.plantwise.org/2012/03/30/from-discovery-to-eradication-the-coconut-rhinoceros-beetle-on-guam/ |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000001076 |
| Reference | Bhavnagar-94/28 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/611 |
| Reference | Bhavnagar-94/28 |
| Scout | HBN |