Practice Name:

Cure for Crop Disease


Details
Category Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop Paddy
Crop Family Poaceae
Scientific Name (Oryza sativa)
Vernacular Name Rice
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Ingredients Yam and water.
Details of Innovation Cut 100 grams of yam into small pieces and pour one litre of boiling water over them. This is allowed to soak for six to eight hours. The farmer then filters this water and mixes with 10 litres of water. This mixture is sprayed all over the field to cure the disease.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Purushottam Rao
City / District Shimoga
KVK District KrishiVignan Kendra, Navile, Shimoga -577 204
Address Tirthahalli, district - Shimoga, Karnataka.
Languages Spoken Kannada
Vocation Farming
State Karnataka
PIN Code 577432

PAS_1 http://www.farmer.gov.in/imagedefault/pestanddiseasescrops/pestanddiseasesofrice.pdf
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Ghats And Coastal Plain, Hot Humid region (19.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) West coast plains and Ghat region (XII) Southern plateau and Hills region (X), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Nothern transition zone (KA-8) Hilly zone (KA-9)
Other Community Practices http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/ericeproduction/PDF_&_Docs/Control_of_rice_insect_pests.pdf
Practice ID KNW0010000000917
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/814
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