Practice Name:

To Control Pest

Details

Category Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop Groundnut
Crop Family Fabaceae
Scientific Name (Arachis hypogaea)
Vernacular Name peanuts, mufali, china badam
Scout HBN
Ingredients The sangu or conch
Details Of Innovation Farmers of Avaramgula, Pulvaikarai Villages in Kamraj district blow the sangu or conch to chase away the red hairy caterpillars in groundnut crop. The sangu is usually used during religious occasions or at the time of funerals to make announcements or to draw attention. Farmers believe that the caterpillars congregate and try to escape from the fourth corner. The caterpillars are collected manually and destroyed.
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Num Vali velanmai-tamil vesion of honey bee, Edi-P Vivekanandan
District Virudunagar
KVK District TNAU-KVK, Regional Research Station Campus, Kovilangulam, Aruppukottai- 626101
Address Vill: Avaramgula
Languages Spoken Tamil
Vocation Farming
State Tamil Nadu
PIN Code 626001
PAS 1 "Eco-friendly pest and disease management practices in groundnut."http://oaji.net/articles/2020/6037-1595329523.pdf
PAS 2 "MAJOR INSECT PESTS OF GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.), NATURE OF DAMAGE AND THEIR ECOFRIENDLY MANAGEMENT."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318877049_MAJOR_INSECT_PESTS_OF_GROUNDNUT_Arachis_hypogaea_L_NATURE_OF_DAMAGE_AND_THEIR_ECOFRIENDLY_MANAGEMENT
PAS 3 "Ecofriendly Sustainable management of Sap feeder pests in Groundnut."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349028068_Ecofriendly_Sustainable_management_of_Sap_feeder_pests_in_Groundnut
PAS 4 "Insect Pest Management in Groundnut."http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/content/insect-pest-management-groundnut
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Region / Sub Region (ICAR) Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) East Coast Plains and Hill Region (XI), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Southern zone (TN-5)
Other Community Practices https://www.thebetterindia.com/207179/how-to-protect-indoor-plants-pest-attack-organic-pesticides-diy-india/
Practice ID KNW0020000000378
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/141
Reference HBN database
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