Practice Name:

To Control Green Worms In Cotton Crop

Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Salt buttermilk.
Details Of Innovation	To prepare medicine, take a pot filled with buttermilk, put salt in it at the ratio of one litre buttermilk to 50 g. salt. Close the pot and keep for 8 to 10 days. After the specific period, filter the mixture and sprinkle it on cotton crop. Ensure that medicine falls properly on all directiosn. This medicine will show results within two to three days.Nowadays, no one use this method because many chemical medicines are available in the market.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Pragbhai Beekhabhai Ghoil
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Anida (DAM), Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364530

PAS 1	"Major pests of cotton" http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/crop_prot_crop_insectpest%20_cotton.html
PAS 2	"The concept of integrated pest management (IPM) is discussed in this paper and its large-scale application throughout the country has been recommended. The benefits derived from IPM, directly or indirectly, are long-lasting, economical and ecofriendly. "Sundaramurthy, V. T., & Gahukar, R. T. (1998). Integrated Management of Cotton Insect Pests in India. Outlook on Agriculture, 27(4), 261–269." https://doi.org/10.1177/003072709802700409
PAS 3	"EFFECT OF SOME BOTANICALS AGAINST TERMITES, MACROTERMS SPP. (ISOPTERA: TERMITIDAE) UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS" – http://www.conscientiabeam.com/pdf-files/agr/70/IJSAR-2014-1(2)-52-57.pdf
PAS 4	"Tobacco and its evil cousin nicotine are good as a pesticide" - https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2010/acs-presspac-october-27-2010/tobacco-and-its-evil-cousin-nicotine-are-good-as-a-pesticide.html
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Practice ID	DTP0010000001006
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/180
Reference	HBN database
Pest Group	Chewing Pest
Pest Scientific Names	(Allolobophora chlorotica)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY