Practice Name:

Insect Control in Gourds

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Cucumber
Crop Family	Cucurbaticae
Scientific Name	(Cucumber sativas)
Vernacular Name	Kakdi, Khira
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Seeds of fodder sorghum.
Details Of Innovation	Young cucumber or bottle gourd plants are often attacked by red beetle leading lead to the death of the plants. To avoid this, farmers sow seeds of fodder sorghum along with seeds of cucumber/gourds. The thick growth of sorghum seedlings protects the young cucumber/gourd plants by repelling the beetles.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Dr S Murugan Dr D Bhaskaran
District	Madurai
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra , Agricultural College and Research Institute,TNAU, Madurai -625001
Address	Thirunagar,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	625006

PAS 1	"Study on Flowering Characters of Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) by Training and Pinching "https://www.ijcmas.com/6-11-2017/C.%20Ciba%20and%20M.%20Syamala3.pdf
PAS 2	"Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Ridge gourd (Lufa acutangula) for export purpose."http://ppqs.gov.in/sites/default/files/ridge-gourd-ipm-for-export.pdf
PAS 3	"Eco-friendly pest management in snakegourd."https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810104828
Agro Ecological Zone	Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1)
Practice ID	KNW0020000000385
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/146
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY