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Biological Control of Termites

Details
Category	Crop Production
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Scout	HBN
Ingredients	flour and sugar to attract ants.
Details of Innovation	There is a practice of attracting the common ants to termite mounds using flour and sugar. It is believed that the ants act as a biological control against termites. Farmers feel that by providing food they can induce the ant-hill(nest) to stay on at a place in the field. I have personally observed that eggs of termites were deposited near the ant-hill of common ant. If a particular white ant is too heavy to manage, two to three common ants join to pull it into their home. On close observation, it also appears that the eggs, larvae, or even the caterpillars of the flying insects found on the trees, vines and shurbs etc., are removed by ants in the same way.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Documented by U.M.Lodha
District	Jaipur
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tabiji, Ajmer
Address	Jaipur, rajasthan
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Rajasthan
PIN Code	305002

PAS_1	"Eco-Friendly Termite Management in Tropical Conditions."https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-68726-1_6
PAS_2	"5 Eco-Friendly Solutions For Termite Control."https://www.greenhomepest.com/blog/post/5-eco-friendly-solutions-for-termite-control
Agro Ecological Zone	Northern Plain and Central highlands including Aravallis eco system ( (4.2)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0020000000439
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/796
State	Rajasthan
PIN Code	305002