Practice Name:

Bollworm in Cotton

Details

Category Crop Protection
Crop Cotton
Crop Family Malvaceae
Scientific Name (Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name Kapas
Scout HBN
Ingredients tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), water
Details Of Innovation Boil 500 g of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) in 5 L of water for some time. The spray depends upon the intensity of infestation of bollworm from plant to plant in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crop. This controls the bollworm infestation completely in the cotton crop. The method has been in use from last four years.
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Rameshbhai Dharmashibhai Malkiya
District Surendranagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address Surendranagar ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 363520
PAS 1 "Insect pest management in cotton."https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/agriculture/plants/crops-pastures/broadacre-field-crops/insect-pest-management-specific-crops/insect-pest-management-cotton
PAS 2 "Cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera: control by Biorational insecticides."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312588398_Cotton_bollworm_Helicoverpa_armigera_control_by_Biorational_insecticides
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Practice ID DTP0010000003908
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1072
Reference Surendranagar-2001/7
Pest Scientific Names (Helicoverpa armigera)
Technology Transfer Terms DIY

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