Practice Name:

Prevention of Blight Disease in Cumin Crop


Details
Category Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop Cumin
Crop Family Umbellifers
Scientific Name (Cuminum cyminum)
Vernacular Name Jeera, Jeeru, Jeere
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Ingredients
Details of Innovation In the humid and cloudy winter weather, blight disease, known locally as "kaaliya," affects cumin (Cuminum cyminum) crop, due to which the plants wilt and the farmers suffer losses. To prevent this disease, the field is first prepared for sowing by plowing with the help of bullocks and removing the residues of the earlier crop. Then beds measuring approximately 1.9 m wide and 4.5 m long with boundaries are prepared for sowing. The distance between such plots is determined according to the area and the type of land. Boundaries are properly made. Then cumin seeds are scattered by hand in the beds. After cultivation, the land is run by a toothed sickle to allow the water to seep in. Finally, the beds are watered. In the normal method, the cumin seeds are scattered for sowing in the beds and then mixed in soil with the help of a toothed sickle. Due to this process, the seeds do not mix properly in soil, and growth is not desired. Whereas when the cumin seeds are scattered in the bullock-plowed field, they get mixed properly with soil, and the growth of the corns is abundant. This is a self-developed practice.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Bhagwanbhai Tanshibahi Tavadia
City / District Amreli
KVK District Krishi Vgyan Kendra, Junagadh Agricultural University, Keria Road, Amreli-365 611
Address Panvi Rajula Amreli Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 365560

PAS_1 "Diseases of Cumin and its Management."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333446333_Diseases_of_Cumin_and_its_Management
PAS_2 "Eco-friendly approaches for the management of diseases and pest in cumin."http://isss.ind.in/pdf/2016/v2/15.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) South Saurashtra (GJ-7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000000446
Reference Amreli/95/9
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/674
Reference Amreli/95/9
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