| 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 |
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