Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Caterpillar Control in Field Crops
| Details | |
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| Category | Crop Pest and Disease Management |
| Crop | Any crop |
| Crop Family | |
| Scientific Name | |
| Vernacular Name | |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | leaves of jatropha (Jatropha curcas), water, pump |
| Details of Innovation | Caterpillar control in field crops. To treat this problem, a mash of five-kilogram jatropha leaves (Jatropha curcas) is boiled in 20 L of water until the volume remains half. It is filled in the bottle after cooling. About 200 to 300 ml of this concoction is mixed with 15 L of water capacity pump and then spread on the affected crop. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Balubhai Dudabhai Makwana |
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| City / 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 | Gujarati |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364290 |
| PAS_1 | "Infestation of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) on Bajra, Pennisetum glaucum (L) in Anand district of Gujarat, India."https://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2020/vol8issue4/PartG/8-3-394-265.pdf |
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| PAS_2 | "Field Pests of Pearl Millet in India."https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670878009414277?journalCode=ttpm19 |
| 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 | DTP0010000000983 |
| Reference | Bhavnagar- 94/30 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/745 |
| Reference | Bhavnagar- 94/30 |
| Scout | HBN |