Practice Name:

Aphid Control

Details
Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	Any crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	flour of Pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides), dung manure, water, polythene bag
Details of Innovation	Pearl millet's fresh ground flour (Pennisetum typhoides) is filled in a polythene bag, which is then dumped in dung manure for eight days. The flour so obtained is mixed with water and sprayed on the aphid-affected crop. This practice is found to control 95% of aphids within 24 hours. This method is more prevalent in the Saurashtra region.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Mathabhai Karshanbhai Kachad
City / District	Amreli
KVK District	Krishi Vgyan Kendra, Junagadh Agricultural University, Keria Road, Amreli-365 611
Address	Vanot Savarthudla Amreli Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	365430

PAS_1	"Ecofriendly management of aphids on tomato by using pongamia glabra (v) plants extracts."https://biosciencediscovery.com/Vol%208%20No%204/Sayyad762-765.pdf
PAS_2	"ECOFRIENDLY MANAGEMENT OF APHIDS ON RADISH SEED CROP (RAPHANUS SATIVUS), SAVING POLLINATORS AND PREDATORS."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342039044_ECOFRIENDLY_MANAGEMENT_OF_APHIDS_ON_RADISH_SEED_CROP_RAPHANUS_SATIVUS_SAVING_POLLINATORS_AND_PREDATORS
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	DTP0010000000456
Reference	Bhavnagar- 96/9
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/678
Reference	Bhavnagar- 96/9
Scout	HBN