Practice Name:

To Store Sesame Seeds

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop
Crop Family
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Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Red chillies (Capsicum annum) and castor (Ricinus communis) seeds.
Details of Innovation	Farmer use of a mixture of red chillies (Capsicum annum) along with castor seeds (Ricinus communis) to store sesame (Sesmum indicum) seeds.For every 10 kilogrammes of sesame seeds, Patel mixes 100 grams of castor seeds and 100 grams of small pieces of red chilli with the seeds. These seeds are then stored either in gunny sacks or any other container. Thus, this method effectively wards off any pests in the stored sesame seeds.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Shantaben Haribhai Patel
City / District	Junagadh
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Ambuja Foundation, Ambuja Cement Plant, Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh-Gujarat)
Address	district : Junagadh, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362001

PAS_1	"Ecofriendly Management of Charcoal Rot and Fusarium Wilt Diseases in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)" http://dl.booktolearn.com/ebooks2/engineering/agriculture/9783642183560_bacteria_in_agrobiology_732c.pdf#page=401
PAS_2	"Loffredo et al., 2007 found that humic acid substances reduced significantly the redial growth and spore germination of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersic." https://journals.esciencepress.net/index.php/phytopath/article/view/14
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Arid western Plains (5.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Saurashtra Zone (GJ.7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0010000001201
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/845
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN