Practice Name:

Grain Storage

Details

Category post harvest farm machinary
Scout HBN
Ingredients Dried and powdered leaves of banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis)
Details Of Innovation Farmers mix the dried and powdered leaves of banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with the harvested grain to keep it safe from pests. Sometimes, the leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica) are also mixed with the grains.
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Taral Khemabhai Dhirabhai
District Banaskantha
KVK District t Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Deesa
Address Banaskantha , Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 385001
PAS 1 "Traditional farm/village storage methods." http://www.fao.org/3/t1838e/t1838e12.htm
PAS 2 "Farmers indigenously stored pulse grains in earthen mud pots. For safe storage of grains, seeds were filled in earthen pot to its ¾th volume and then remaining top ... [Traditional Storage practices – by C karthikeyan ]" http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/6259/1/IJTK%208(4)%20564-568.pdf
PAS 5 "Antifeedant and larvicidal activities of hexane, chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts of Clerodendrumphlomidis and Flueggealeucopyrus at 5, 2.5, 1.0 and 0.5% were studied against III instar larvae of Eariasvittella. Hexane extract of F. leucopyrus and chloroform extract of C. phlomidis showed maximum antifeedant activity of 81.00 and 80.48%, respectively at 5% concentration. The least LC50 and LC90 values were 1.21 and 1.36% for hexane extract of F. leucopyrus and 4.96 and 5.11% were for chloroform extract of C. phlomidis, respectively. Cent percent larvicidal activity was observed in chloroform extract of C. phlomidis at 5% concentration, while hexane extract of F. leucopyrus recorded at 87.52 and 5% concentration. The LC50 and LC90 values for larvicidal activity were 0.51 and 1.74% for chloroform extract of C. phlomidis and 1.74 and 4.69% for hexane extract of F. leucopyrus, respectively. No adult emergence was observed at all concentrations of C. phlomidis chloroform extract and at 5 and 2.5% concentrations of F. leucopyrus hexane extract." [C. Muthu, K. Baskar, S. Kingsley and S. Ignacimuthu, 2012. Bioefficacy of Clerodendrumphlomidis Linn. f. and Flueggealeucopyrus (Koen.) Willd. againstEariasvittella Fab.. Journal of Entomology, 9: 332-342. DOI: 10.3923/je.2012.332.342 URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=je.2012.332.342]
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia (2.3), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Gujarat zone and North -West (GJ-4, GJ-5)
Other Community Practices "Field peas and lupins stored at temperature of 35oC deteriorate at faster rate compared to high moisture content grains stored at 27oC. Grains stored at 20oC at 13% and 14% moisture content for lupins and field peas are ideal for storage with no loss in grain viability and mould growths during 10 months storage period (Cassells and Armstrong, 1998). Brown beans can be stored safely as long as 370 weeks at low moisture content (11 %) and low storage temperature (5oC), whereas grains stored at high moisture (23 %) and storage temperature (25oC) may last less than a week." http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/storageentrepose/aafc-aac/pfsg-pgef-8-eng.htm
Practice ID KNW0020000000386
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/147
Reference HBN database
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