Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
To Cure Sugarcane Disease
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Crop Production |
| Crop | Sugarcane |
| Crop Family | Poaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Saccharum officinarum) |
| Vernacular Name | Shardi |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | A mixture of equal quantities of lime and castor cake |
| Details of Innovation | A disease locally known as ‘ratdo’ or ‘radiyo’ since it causes all the leaves and stem turn a reddish hue (may be it is the red rot of sugarcane. :Ed) spreads very fast from one field to another and causes great economic loss as crop withers within eight to 10 days of infection. Generally, it strikes the crop when it is two or three months old and, if proper measures are not taken, it fails completely. To treat this condition, farmers make a mixture of equal quantities of lime and castor cake and sprinkle it between two rows of the crop and cover it with soil. The field is irrigated immediately after the treatment. The farmers who use this technique say that repeating the treatment after eight to 10 days can save the crop altogether. About 15 to 20 kg mixture is required for one acre of land though it can vary great deal from farmer to farmer. Amrutbhai Patel has used this method couple of times in the last two or three years. He has four hectares of irrigated land with heavy clay type of soil. This region of intensive agriculture is also famous for its fruit crops. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Amrutbhai Dayaljibhai Patel |
|---|---|
| City / District | Valsad |
| KVK District | KVK, Ambheti (NGO) ,Taluka-Kaprada,Dist-Valsad |
| Address | Valsad Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | Gujarati |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | gujarat |
| PIN Code | 396001 |
| PAS_1 | "Eco-friendly management of red rot disease of sugarcane with Trichoderma strains."https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12355-008-0028-7 |
|---|---|
| PAS_2 | "Sugarcane."https://plantvillage.psu.edu/topics/sugarcane/infos |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Ghats And Coastal Plain, Hot Humi-per humid eco region (19): North Sahyadris and Konkan Coast, hot, humid eco-subregion(19.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hills region ( XIII ) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Gujarat Heavy Rainfall area (GJ-1) |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | KNW0020000000423 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/787 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Scout | HBN |