Practice Name:

Herbal Pesticides

Details
Category	Agriculture,Plant Protection,Insect pest control,Bio-control,Others
Crop	Pearl millet
Crop Family	Grasses
Scientific Name	Pennisetum glaucum
Vernacular Name	bajari
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	leaves of sitafal (custard apple) and moong (pulses) plants
Details of Innovation	Bhogilal recalls how in 1990 he was called by two upper caste farmers in Bhilod village, Bharuch district. Their crop was infested with sungo (Blister Beetle). It is a pest which attacks the bajra crop during the flowering stage to feed on pollen grains. The infestation affects the grain setting and therefore also the productivity of the crop. He vividly remembers living in the neighbouring village of Vagalkhore. Responding to the pest-plagued farmers, he took a full of bag of leaves with him to Bhilod. He also asked for 10 labourers. He gave each labourer leaves in their palms and asked them to crush 2-3 blister beetles between the leaves. The peculiar smell emanating from the ruptured mixture repelled the insects. The labourers stood in a row at the end of the field and moved slowly in the direction of the wind to the other end crushing more beetles from time to time as they walked through the crops. They did exactly as they were told and the farmers of Bhilod were amazed to see the beetles leaving their field almost immediately. A colleague of his, Chunilal Master from Torapa village, Rajpipla taluka, told him about a traditional practice used in controlling blister beetle infestations. The practice was in use in his village for hundreds of years. It consisted of crushing the leaves of sitafal (custard apple) and moong (a pulses) plants along with a few beetles, to repel the pest.

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

PAS_1	"Tribal farmers of Nandurabar district of Maharashtra use fermented pearlmillet flour to control Helicoverpa in cotton." http://www.cicr.org.in/PDF/itk.pdf (Dated: 14/5/2020)
PAS_2	"Project Title: Sustainable Chemical Control of Aphids, Twospotted Mite and Mirids in Cotton."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269694293_Project_Title_Sustainable_Chemical_Control_of_Aphids_Twospotted_Mite_and_Mirids_in_Cotton
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	"Control of Wilt and Blight Diseases of Cumin through Antagonistic Fungi under in Vitro and Field Conditions" https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.951.5692&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Practice ID	KNW0020000000106
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/919
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN