Practice Name:

Controlling Aphids in Cotton Crop

Details

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
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
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
PAS 3	Biological control of cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover) in cotton (inter) cropping systems in China; a simulation study
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)
Practice ID	DTP0010000003114
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1031
Reference	Dahod/2000/1
Pest Group	Sucking pest
Pest Scientific Names	(Aphis gosspi)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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