Practice Name:

Bdellium Vapour Cure for Fruit Wilt

Details
Category	Crop Protection
Crop	bitter gourd
Crop Family	Cucurbitaceae
Scientific Name	Momordica charantia
Vernacular Name	karelu,balsam-pear
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Indian bedellium (Commiphora mukul), guggul resin.
Details of Innovation	Despite profuse flowering from healthy vines, the actual production of useful fruits in different types of gourds like sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica) spine gourd (Momordia diocia) and bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is sometimes significantly low. The reason is the premature wilting and dropping off of the flowers and young fruits. Padhiyar states he has been achieving 100 per cent solution to this problem with the use of Indian bdellium (Commiphora mukul) vapour. He takes the dried resin of Indian guggul about 40 grams and pounds it well and compacts in a metal tube. The pellet is lighted and taken around the vines so that the smoke reaches all the buds and flowers. Consistently good results are reported from the practice for the last 20 years.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Haribhai Kesarisingh Patiyar
City / District	Vadodara
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Mangal Bharati, Taluka :,Snahkeda, District : Vadodara (Gujarat)
Address	Vadodara ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	391440

PAS_1	"Eco-friendly management modules for bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) of tomato for protected cultivation in a tropical island ecosystem."https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01448765.2014.913263?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=tbah20
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain 5.2 (15 Dm4)Central Kathiawar peninsula, hot dry, Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agroclimatic Zone (GJ-3)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000003113
Reference	Dahod/2000/1
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1030
Reference	Dahod/2000/1
Scout	HBN