Practice Name:

Seed Treatment

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Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Cattle urine and powder of Acorus calamus.
Details Of Innovation	Before sowing, seeds of cereals and pulses are immersed in water mixed with cattle urine and powder of Acorus calamus. The seeds which float on the surface are thrown out since it indicates poor quality. Dried healthy seeds are used for sowing in dry lands. It is believed that this treatment develops drought resistance in the plants.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Dr, Ramasamy
District	Dindigul
KVK District	Gandhigram Rural University KVK, Gandhigram, Dindigul Dt.
Address	villages - adjoining,Di - Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	624001

PAS 1	"Neem products and their agricultural applications."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290030740_Neem_products_and_their_agricultural_applications
PAS 2	"Effect of neem (Azadirachta indica) products on seedling growth of shisham dieback."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277303517_Effect_of_neem_Azadirachta_indica_products_on_seedling_growth_of_shisham_dieback
PAS 3	"Kuri, S.K., Islam, R.M. and Mondal, U., 2011. Antifungal potentiality of some botanical extracts against important seed-borne fungal pathogen associated with brinjal seeds, Solanum melongena L. Journal of Agricultural Technology, 7(4), pp.1139-1153."https://www.scirp.org/(S(351jmbntvnsjt1aadkozje))/reference/referencespapers.aspx?referenceid=2409417
PAS 4	"Effect of neem (Azadirachta indica) products on seedling growth of shisham dieback."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277303517_Effect_of_neem_Azadirachta_indica_products_on_seedling_growth_of_shisham_dieback
Agro Ecological Zone	Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu uplands and south eastern sahayadris) and Deccan plateau, hot semiarid eco-sub region (8.1) ,Southern Plateau and Hills region (X),Western zone (TN-3)
Other Community Practices	"Treatments included KNO3 with concentrations of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 percent, immersion in hot water for five min, acetylsalicylic acid 100, 200, and 300 mg L−1, ethereal sulfuric acid (60%) for 5 and 10 min, thiourea with concentrations of 0.1% and 0.3%, and prechilling for 10 days. Tap water was used as the control. Our findings indicate that KNO3 0.1% and 100 mg L−1 acetylsalicylic acid were the most effective treatments for improvement of seed germination properties in this species. In a comparison of the two mentioned treatment, KNO3 0.1% treatments is the best."[AsgharFarajollahi, BahramGholinejad, HamedJonaidiJafari, "Effects of Different Treatments on Seed Germination Improvement of Calotropispersica", Advances in Agriculture, vol. 2014, Article ID 245686, 5 pages, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/245686]
Practice ID	KNW0020000000461
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/101
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY