Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Use of geru and cow dung for controlling termite and medh insect in mango trees
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Crop Pest and Disease Management |
| Crop | Mango |
| Crop Family | Anacardiaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Mangifera indica) |
| Vernacular Name | Mango Tree |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Caution. |
| Details of Innovation | In mango tree, medh insect/trunk borehole when can be seen. Therefore medh eats the crux by boring where medh has infected in that side, the bunches and leaves gradually dry, I'm monsoon, the musance is found more termite is yellow. They make mudholes and cause more damage to the trunk, and the roots medh is black and big. Treatment:- In the mango tree, to control medh, 1 kg geru is soaked in a bucketful of water, then apply this liquid on the trunk and branches of the mango tree. In monsoon and also in winter, this application is made. When the plant is small, cow dung I applied. In two to three days, the affected is noticed and involved remains for five to6 months. This method is in use from forefather neighboring people method is seen from neighboring people. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Sukhdevsing Mahubha Gohil |
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| District | Bhavnagar |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Address | Mu sosiya po Jaspar, via Tanasa. Bhavanagar Bhavnagar Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364002 |
| PAS_1 | "Management of Mango Trunk Borer (Batocera rufomaculata) ."https://www.cish.res.in/Technologies/Management%20of%20Stem%20borer%20final%20%20English.pdf |
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| PAS_2 | "MANAGEMENT OF MANGO STEM BORER (BATOCERA RUFOMACULATA) IN MANGO FIELD."https://bidurpaneru.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/management-of-mango-stem-borer-batocera-rufomaculata-in-mango-field/ |
| 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 | DTP0010000000916 |
| Reference | Bhavnagar-99/2 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/742 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364002 |