Practice Name:

Control Caterpillars in Groundnut Crop

Details
Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Groundnut
Crop Family	Fabaceae
Scientific Name	Arachis hypogaea
Vernacular Name	peanuts, mufali, china badam
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	The sangu or conch.
Control Mode

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Num Vali velanmai
District	Kamraj
KVK District	TNAU-KVK, Regional Research Station Campus, Kovilangulam, Aruppukottai- 626101
Address	Pulvaikarai, Kamraj, Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	626001

PAS_1	"Ms Prasanthi uses leaves of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br to control red hairy caterpillar.”https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=18745&page=6&search_case=caterpillar,%20groundnut
PAS_2	"Screening of Different Groundnut, Aarachis hypogaea L. (Fabaceae: Fabales) Cultivars Against Red Hairy Caterpillar, Amsacta balbistriga W. (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera) Population in Relation to Leaf Infestation, Physico-morphic Characters, Abiotic Factors and Yield.”http://zsp.com.pk/pdf47/1691-1698%20(25)%20PJZ-2040-14%2016-8-15%20Final%20Paper%20for%20PJZ%2014-06-15.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0010000000924
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/815
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	626001