Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Corn traps termites
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Crop Production |
| Crop | Maize |
| Crop Family | Poaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Zea mays) |
| Vernacular Name | bhutta, maize, makka, makai |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | empty corn cobs. |
| Details of Innovation | Empty maize cobs are kept inside an earthen pot which is covered with an earthen pot. Several such pots are kept at various places in soil and covered with soil carefully. Termites are lured to these pots by the empty maize cobs. After a while, colonies are found in the pot. These pots are removed carefully and destroyed. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Documented by Prem prakash Sharma |
|---|---|
| City / District | Jaipur |
| KVK District | KVK, Takarda (Chomu), Jaipur |
| Address | Jaipur, rajasthan |
| Languages Spoken | Marwari/Hindi |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Rajasthan |
| PIN Code | 305002 |
| PAS_1 | https://www.cabi.org/ISC/FullTextPDF/2017/20177801145.pdf |
|---|---|
| PAS_2 | |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Northern Plain and Central highlands including Aravallis (4.1) |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | KNW0020000000454 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/804 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Scout | HBN |