Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Control of Pests in Cotton Crop
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Crop Pest and Disease Management |
| Crop | Cotton |
| Crop Family | Malvaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Gossypium spp.) |
| Vernacular Name | Kapas |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves, aloe (Aloe vera), pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) flour, sour buttermilk, water |
| Details of Innovation | Farmer Viramdevsinh Sarvaiya from Bhavnagar district of Gujarat informs that insect pests are noticed in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crop more particularly during monsoon. He prepares an ingenuous insecticide to control the pests. For this, he first boils 1 kg leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica) in 4 kg water till only 2 kg water remains in the vessel. After that, he mixes 100 g sour buttermilk (preferably from the milk of black cow), 100 g flour of pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides), and some juice of aloe (Aloe vera) in the neem solution. He then fills the whole mixture in a covered earthen pot and keeps this buried in a pit for 4 -5 days. After this period, he takes out the pot, uses 200 g of the stock solution to 10 L water, and sprays it on the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crop. This controls the pests. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Viramdevished Sarvaiya |
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| District | Bhavnagar |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Address | Mu Jesar Patitana Bhavnagar Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364270 |
| PAS_1 | "Insect pest management in cotton."https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/agriculture/plants/crops-pastures/broadacre-field-crops/insect-pest-management-specific-crops/insect-pest-management-cotton |
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| PAS_2 | "Sustainable Pest Management for Cotton Production: A Review."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41714543_Sustainable_Pest_Management_for_Cotton_Production_A_Review |
| 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 | DTP0010000000740 |
| Reference | Bhavnagar- 98/17 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/695 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364270 |