Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Contolling Aphid Attack on Crops
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| Category | Crop Pest & Disease Management |
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| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | The leaves of the creeper naffatvelor shrubby morningglory (Ipomoea fistulosa), leaves ofarani(Clerodendrum phlomidis) and water. |
| Details of Innovation | Farmer uses the leaves of naffatvel or shrubby morning glory (Ipomoea fistulosa) and arani (Clerodendrum phlomidis) to control the attack of aphids on pests. Farmer boils 500 grams of the leaves of the creeper shrubby morning glory and 500 grams of arani (Clerodendrum phlomidis)leaves in five litres of water for four hours. The solution is kept aside for five days. Later, he takes about 500 millilitres of this decoction and fills it into a pump and mixes with water. This solution is sprayed on the crops for controlling aphids. The pests are killed within three days of spraying the solution. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Jethabhai Karshanbhai Baraiya |
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| City / District | Bhavnagar |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Address | village - Zanzmer, taluka - Talaza , Bhavnagar, Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | Gujarati |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 364135 |
| PAS_1 | "Extract of Eucalyptus and mehogany reduced aphid population. Bahar, H., Islam, A., Mannan, A. and Uddin, J., 2007. Effectiveness of some botanical extracts on bean aphids attacking yard-long beans. Journal of Entomology, 4(2), pp.136-142." |
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| PAS_2 | eucalyptus oil also protects plants from aphids and cannabis. https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-spot-treat-and-prevent-aphids-on-cannabis-plants-n499 (Dated: 14/5/2020) |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7) |
| Other Community Practices | In South Nigeria, people use weeding as successfull way to manage grasshopper from destroying pearl millets.Amatobi, C., Apeji, S., & Oyidi, O. (1986). Weeding as a means of reducing the population of grasshopper pests and damage on pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum] in northern Nigeria. Insect Science and Its Application, 7(1), 99-102. doi:10.1017/S1742758400003180 |
| Practice ID | KNW0010000001304 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/859 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Scout | HBN |