Practice Name:

Insect-pest Control in Field Crops

Details
Category	Crop Protection
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	stremonium (Datura stramonium) fruits
Details of Innovation	The idea for using fruit of stremonium (Datura stramonium) for aphid control came from the property as stremonium fruit is poisonous. Juice of stremonium is extracted from 1.5 kg stremonium fruits. 100 gm "chheenkanee" and 5 L water are added to it. 50 % insect-pest is controlled by spraying of this concoction twice a day. This concoction is sprayed four to five times for better control of insect-pests.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Pratapsingh Banesang Vaghela
City / District	Ahmedabad
KVK District	KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address	Ahmadabad ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	388001

PAS_1	"IPM for Cereals and Millets."https://vikaspedia.igriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-cerels
PAS_2	"Management of Economically Important Insect Pests of Millet."https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/10/1/28/5569990
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western plain, kachchh and part of kathiawar peninsula, hot arid eco-region (2.3), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Coastal Plains and Hills (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Bhal and Coastal area (GJ-8) 14.26% North Gujarat ( GJ-4) 19.87% North west zone (GJ-5) 36.38 North Saurashtra (GJ-6) 29.49
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000005268
Reference	Ahmedaba/2001/1
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1095
Reference	Ahmedaba/2001/1
Scout	HBN