Practice Name:

Control of root-infesting Insect 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	onion (Allium cepa)
Details of Innovation	A very minute, hair-like and reddish insect known locally as "talkidi" infests the roots of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) plants and gradually destroy 70 - 80 % of standing crop by eating away the roots. Farmers in this region are using an innovative method to control this pest. They fill 10 kg onion (Allium cepa) bulbs in one gunny bag per 0.40 ha of crop and thrash the bag. The bag is then placed in the irrigation channel at various points. The farmers believe that the intense juice of onion seeps into the soil with irrigation and destroys the pest, thereby saving the crop.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Mansulkhbhai Nagjibhai Mahtokia
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Mu Lathidal Botad Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364710

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
PAS_2	"MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF COTTON."https://www.bighaat.com/blogs/kb/management-of-insect-pests-of-cotton
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	DTP0010000000894
Reference	Bhavnagar-99/1
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/732
Reference	Bhavnagar-99/1
Scout	HBN