Practice Name:

Leaves of Besharam (Ipomea fistulosa) as pesticides.


Details
Category Agriculture,Plant Protection,Disease control,Chemical,Herbal,Global Innovation
Crop cotton and pigeon pea
Crop Family Kapas
Scientific Name cotton
Vernacular Name (Gossypium spp.)
Scout HBN
Ingredients Besharam (Ipomeae fistulosa), water
Control Mode

Innovator / Knowledge Provider B Hawari
District Bharuch
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Po-Chaswad, Tq.: Valiya, Distt. Bharuch-393130
Address Valiya, district :Bharuch,Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 393135

PAS_1 "The results showed that, the active ingredient showed a slight activity against Aphis craccivora after two hours from treatment and increased gradually to give the high effectiveness after 12 hours." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268801378_Insecticidal_activity_of_citric_acid_and_its_soluble_powder_formulations_against_Aphis_craccivora_under_laboratory_conditions
PAS_2 "Ecofriendly management of leaf curl disease of chilli through botanical bio-pesticides" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317400430_Ecofriendly_management_of_leaf_curl_disease_of_chilli_through_botanical_bio-pesticides/link/5938fe9ea6fdcc58ae6499a9/download
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central (Malva ) Highlands, Gujarat Plains and Kathiawar, Peninsula Ecoregion (5.2), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Gujarat Zone (GJ-2)
Other Community Practices "Two kg of neem seeds are ground well and diluted with water and then filtered. To this filtrate, ten kg of fresh cow dung is mixed thoroughly. This is sufficient for spraying on one acre of land by adding required quantity of water to stop flower dropping” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=12165&page=4&search_case=flower%20drop
Practice ID KNW0020000000047
Reference HBN database
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/917
State Gujarat
PIN Code 393135