Practice Name:

Conning Cotton Pests

Details

Category Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop Cotton
Crop Family Malvaceae
Scientific Name (Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name Kapas
Scout HBN
Ingredients Bhindi (Lady finger)
Details Of Innovation Insect pests of cotton are found to prefer bhindi (ladyfinger) to the cotton plant. Hence bhindi should be intercropped with cotton. The fruits of bhindi containing larva should be picked out and burnt. At the time of the fruiting of cotton, all bhindi plants must be uprooted so that the pests on them do not migrate to the cotton plant.
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Mahajan
Address Maharashtra
Languages Spoken Marathi/Hindi
Vocation Farming
State Maharashtra
PAS 1 "Insecticidal effect of euphorbia bupleuroides latex on blattella germanica (dictyoptera: blattellidae) Euphorbia bupleuroides latex extract may be explored as potential natural insecticidal agent against Blattella germanica. It was especially efrcient against males and larvae. The latex is known to contain terpens, which are recognized by their toxicity." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310089107_Insecticidal_Effect_of_Euphorbia_bupleuroides_Latex_on_Blattella_germanica_Dictyoptera_Blattellidae
PAS 2 "Pesticidal effect of euphorbia, nerium and calotropis latex on some larvae of crop damagining pests research article The plants are not important only for medicinal use, but they are also important in the prevention of dangerous insects, pests, fungus and other harmful biotics for crops, vegetables,other stored food materials and animals." https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/PESTICIDAL-EFFECT-OF-EUPHORBIA%2C-NERIUM-AND-LATEX-ON-Singh-Shukla/7e2a1f2d505caf448eab0c717d87554a1a9f071a
PAS 3 "Plant latex is a rich source of pharmaceuticals, pesticides and immune allergens."http://www.greenpharmacy.info/index.php/ijgp/article/view/199
Other Community Practices "Sustainable Pest Management for Cotton Production: A Review" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41714543_Sustainable_Pest_Management_for_Cotton_Production_A_Review
Practice ID KNW0020000000487
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/111
Reference HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms DIY

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