Practice Name:

Control of White Grub in Groundnut and Cotton

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Groundnut
Crop Family	Fabaceae
Scientific Name	(Arachis hypogaea)
Vernacular Name	peanuts, mufali, china badam
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Grains of wheat (Triticum aestivum), water
Details of Innovation	Wheat (Triticum aestivum) grains are soaked in water for 24 hr and spread over rows of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)in the field to control white grub. White grub is an insect pest, which damages the underground portion of crop plants. It is believed that soaked grains of wheat are poisonous, which kill white grub. The extent of the damage to crops due to white grub is 30 to 40%. This is a traditional practice that controls 40 to 50% of white grub in the field crop.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Madhabhar Gusabhai Devani
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Satpada Gariadhar Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364505

PAS_1	"WHITE GRUBS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT IN GROUNDNUT."https://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/bitstream/123456789/4520/1/WHITE%20GRUBS%20AND%20THEIR%20MANAGEMENT%20IN%20GROUNDNUT.pdf
PAS_2	"WHITE GRUBS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT."http://www.cazri.res.in/publications/KrishiKosh/13-(White%20grubs%20and%20their%20managment).pdf
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	DTP0010000001366
Reference	Bhavnagar-98/4
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/645
Reference	Bhavnagar-98/4
Scout	HBN