Practice Name:

For the control of insect in cotton


Details
Category Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop Cotton
Crop Family Malvaceae
Scientific Name (Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name Kapas
Scout HBN
Ingredients Leaves of agave (Agave americana) water.
Details of Innovation This insect attacksleaves and fruit of cotton. For treatment, 1 kg of agace Americana leaves are crushed, and 5kg of water is added to it. This mixture is slightly boiled, and then filtered. The medicine is prepared by a mixture of 200 gm of agave juice with 10 kg of water. Within one week, about 50% of the insects are controlled. The farmer has innovated this practice and has been using it for the last ten years. Currently, 20% of teh villagers are using this practice.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Babubhai Appabhai Vaghoshi
District Bhavnagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address At Gadhada Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 364750

PAS_1 "Sustainable Pest Management for Cotton Production: A Review."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41714543_Sustainable_Pest_Management_for_Cotton_Production_A_Review
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
Practice ID DTP0010000000709
Reference Bhavnagar-96/1
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/690
State Gujarat
PIN Code 364750