Practice Name:

Control of Snails

Details
Category	Agriculture,Animal Health and Hygiene,Cattle,Others,Plant Protection,Seed Protection,Agro-biodiversity and Plant Breeding,Disease control,Insect pest control
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	salt and ash
Details of Innovation	Snail damage is more in Andaman at cotyledonary stage of the vegetables like cauliflower, brinjal etc. Application of ash restricts the entrance of the snails. By coming in contact with ash, the snail will not move forward and is repelled. Body of the snail exudates oily substance and this facilitates its trapping when it comes in contact with ash. Salt will injure the body due its salinity. So, some farmers control snails, by mixing salt with ash and apply around the germinated seedlings.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Aniruth Pattel
City / District	South Andaman
KVK District	NRM Division, CIARI, Port Blair
Address	Andaman & Nicobar Island
Languages Spoken	Bengali/Hindi
Vocation	Farming
State	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
PIN Code	744101

PAS_1	"Eco-friendly Slug and Snail Control."
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	The Islands Region-XV,Port Blair
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	TAM0010000000021
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1161
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN