Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Propagating Date Palm
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Soil Management |
| Crop | Date Palm |
| Crop Family | Arecaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Phoenix dactylifera ) |
| Vernacular Name | Khajur |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Organic manure and polythene bags. |
| Details of Innovation | Mix soil with organic manure in polyethylene bags and tie them around the suckers sprouting from the higher points of the date palm stem. Secure the bags in such a way that soil and a portion of the stem remains in contact. After few days, these suckers also strike roots. Separate the suckers which develop roots from the parent tree and transplant along with the bags in the field. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Ishaqbhai Yakubbhai Turq |
|---|---|
| City / District | Kutch |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Vivekanand Research and Training Institute, Mundra, Kachchh |
| Address | Dhrab , taluka - Mundra , district - Kutch , Gujarat. |
| Languages Spoken | Gujarati |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 370421 |
| PAS_1 | Propagating palms in vitro with special emphasis on the date palm - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0304423885901232 |
|---|---|
| PAS_2 | |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia (2.2, 2.4) ,Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North West Zone (GJ-5) |
| Other Community Practices | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/2192-1709-2-21 |
| Practice ID | KNW0010000000899 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/812 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Scout | HBN |