Practice Name:

Pudina in control of leaf spot

Details
Category	Agriculture
Crop	Paddy
Crop Family	Poaceae
Scientific Name	(Oryza sativa)
Vernacular Name	Rice
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	(Mentha sativa) leaf extract
Details of Innovation	For control of red leaf spot disease in paddy, the seeds are soaked in 20 per cent leaf extract (Mentha sativa) for 24 hours. This also increases the germination rate and vigour of the seedlings(See Honey Bee 4(2&3): 19,1993; 3(3&4): 9,1992; 8(4): 3,1997; 9(1): 4,1998 for practices on pest management in sugarcane, castor and pulse respectively.)

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	S.Kuppusamy
City / District	Dindigul
KVK District	Western zone (TN-3)
Address	Vattalakundu, Tamilnadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	624208

PAS_1	"Cow urine: a potential biopesticide" - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288420787_Cow_urine_a_potential_biopesticide
PAS_2	"Efficiancy of neem in combination with cow urine against mustard aphids and its effect on coccinellid predators" http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/8069/1/NPR%204%282%29%20102-106.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu uplands and south eastern sahayadris) and Deccan plateau, hot semiarid eco-sub region (8.1),Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu uplands and south eastern sahayadris) and Deccan plateau, hot semiarid eco-sub region (8.1),Western zone (TN-3)
Other Community Practices	"HERBAL PESTICIDE TECHNOLOGY FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS AND PEST IN VEGETABLE CROPS[Singh, P &Sahay, Nirmal& Kumar, V &Pamar, M & Patel, P & Patel, Jayshree&Choudhary, Hardev&Thakor, Divyeshsinh&Prajapati, R &Prajapati, Nirmal. (2013). HERBAL PESTICIDE TECHNOLOGY FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS AND PEST IN VEGETABLE CROPS. 10.13140/2.1.3713.7600.] "https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262491400_HERBAL_PESTICIDE_TECHNOLOGY_FOR_CONTROLLING_INSECTS_AND_PEST_IN_VEGETABLE_CROPS
Practice ID	KNW0020000000608
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/961
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN