Practice Name:

Cure for Leaf Blight in Cotton


Details
Category Crop Production
Crop Cotton
Crop Family Malvaceae
Scientific Name (Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name Kapas
Scout HBN
Ingredients Buttermilk, whey, water
Details of Innovation Although herbal initiatives have been made particularly to control afflictions on the cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) crop, these have not been effective enough to stem the rot, blight, boll, worm, and other pests found on the crop. Even so, some cotton growers have sought to come out with one cure for all cotton problems. But these have had a percentage of success and not been conclusive cures. So the firefighting approach for each pest goes on, even as the pests become resistant to pesticides and insecticides available in the market. One such herbal initiative is by Babubhai P Valabhai, who seeks to blunt the leaf blight or red blight problem. According to this innovator farmer, when cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) crop is affected with bacterial leaf blight disease, a mixture of sour buttermilk or whey and water must be sprayed to control it. The spraying has to be done two times a week for effective control . As cotton growers might say, some control is better than no cure at all.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Babhbhai Valabhai
District Bhavnagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address At po Relia Talaja Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 364150

PAS_1 "Bacterial Blight of Cotton."https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/bacterial-blight-angular-leaf-spot-of-cotton
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 "Management of bacterial blight of cotton caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266504029_Management_of_bacterial_blight_of_cotton_caused_by_Xanthomonas_axonopodis_pv_malvacearum
Practice ID DTP0010000001275
Reference Bhavnagar-97/2
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/628
State Gujarat
PIN Code 364150