Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Control of Aphids in Cotton Crop
| Details | |
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| Category | Crop Pest and Disease Management |
| Crop | Cotton |
| Crop Family | Malvaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Gossypium spp.) |
| Vernacular Name | Kapas |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | one kg fleshy leaves of agave (Agave americana) |
| Details of Innovation | Farmer Bavubhai Aapabhai from Bhavnagar district of Gujarat informs that aphids attack cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) crop at the flowering and fruiting stages. The pest sucks the life out of leaves and flowers and destroys the plant. The pest is green, white, or black in color and very tiny in size. It is usually seen more in cloudy weather. For controlling the pest, Bavubhai slightly heats about one kg fleshy leaves of agave (Agave americana) and crushes them to get the juice extract. He then mixes 200 gm extract in 10 L of water and sprays this medicine on the cotton crop. Three pumps are sprayed per 0.25 ha, which controls 90% of the pest in 12 hours. He has been using this method for more than one decade and has noticed no side-effects. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Babubhai Appabhai Vaghoshi |
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| District | Amreli |
| KVK District | Krishi Vgyan Kendra, Junagadh Agricultural University, Keria Road, Amreli-365 611 |
| Address | At Gadhada Savarkerndla Bhavnagar Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364765 |
| 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 |
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| 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 | DTP0010000000849 |
| Reference | Bhavnagar-94/22 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/722 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364765 |