Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Controlling Aphids in Cotton Crop
| Details | |
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| Category | Crop Protection |
| Crop | Cotton |
| Crop Family | Malvaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Gossypium spp.) |
| Vernacular Name | Kapas |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | buttermilk, cow urine, water |
| Details of Innovation | "Madhia" is the condition in which a honeydew-like sticky substance is secreted by a sucking insect pest called aphid (Aphis gossypii), which is deposited on the leaves of cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) plants. A black sooty mould develops on this secretion. This makes the leaves look blackish and shiny. To prevent this condition from spreading in the field, one-litre buttermilk and one-litre cow urine are mixed together. Add it to 15-litre water. The solution is prepared one day prior to actual spraying. It is sprayed on the "madhia"-affected cotton crop. This controls the pest soon. This is a traditional practice used for the last 10 years. Almost all farmers in Kheda villages use this practice for the control of "madhia" in cotton. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Udesingh Shankarsingh Patiyar |
|---|---|
| City / District | Anand |
| KVK District | Krushi Vigyan Kendra,, Anand Agriculture University, Devataj (Sojitra) Ph. No: 02697- 233353 |
| Address | Anand ,Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | Gujarati |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 388520 |
| PAS_1 | "The control and protection of cotton plants using natural insecticides against the colonization by Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae)."https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-86212013000200004 |
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| 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) Western plane and hill region (5.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Bhal and Coastal area (GJ-8) |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000003114 |
| Reference | Dahod/2000/1 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/1031 |
| Reference | Dahod/2000/1 |
| Scout | HBN |