Practice Name:

Aphids in Cotton


Details
Category Crop Pest and Disease Management
Crop Cotton
Crop Family Malvaceae
Scientific Name (Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name Kapas
Scout HBN
Ingredients leaves of custard apple (Annona squamosa), water
Details of Innovation Cotton (Gossypium herbarium) is a cash crop frequently infested by sucking pests like aphid, jassid, thrips, whitefly, and ball worms. Aphids and whitefly are almost permanent pests during monsoons and the winter season. They suck the cell sap from the leaves and tender parts of the plant and weaken it. This stunts their growth and finally reduces productivity. To control this pest, one-kilogram leaves of custard apple (Annona squamosa) tree are boiled in 16 L water. The mixture is boiled till it reduces to 4 L only. Allow the solution to cool down and then filter it. The filtrate thus obtained is used as a stock solution for spraying against aphid and whitefly. About 100 g of the concoction is mixed in 10 L water and sprayed on the pest-infested crops. To avoid this pest infestation, repeat the spray at the interval of 8 to 10 days as per the crop's need. The concoction is found to control the insect pest and also works as a growth promotor. This is traditional practice learned from ancestors.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Balubhai Dudabhai Makwana
District Bhavnagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address Mu po Mota Asharana Mahava Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 364290

PAS_1 "Project Title: Sustainable Chemical Control of Aphids, Twospotted Mite and Mirids in Cotton."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269694293_Project_Title_Sustainable_Chemical_Control_of_Aphids_Twospotted_Mite_and_Mirids_in_Cotton
PAS_2 "The control and protection of cotton plants using natural insecticides against the colonization by Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae)."https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-86212013000200004
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 DTP0010000000899
Reference Bhavnagar- 99/1
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/736
State Gujarat
PIN Code 364290