Practice Name:

Using Wheat Husk as Weedkiller

Details

Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Wheat (Triticum aestivum), pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides)
Details Of Innovation	First, use a hoe or pickaxe to plough and remove weeds like Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) and "cchnya". Then layers of the husk of wheat (Triticum aestivum) and cakes of pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) are laid on the ground up to four to five inches. Put some dust on top of this. This prevents the weeds from growing for one-and-a-half to two years. This is a traditional method.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Harkhabhai Bhikhabhai Gohil
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Sosiya, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364081

PAS 1	"Wheat Weed Control." https://www.sunflower.k-state.edu/agronomy/wheat/wheat_weed_control.html
PAS 2	"Preventive methods include crop rotation, cover crops (when used as green manures or dead mulches), tillage systems, seed bed preparation, soil solarisation, and management of drainage and irrigation systems and of crop residues.Cultural methods include crop sowing time and spatial arrangement, crop genotype choice, cover crops (when used as living mulches), intercropping, and crop fertilization.Curative methods include any chemical, physical (e.g. mechanical and thermal) and biological methods used for direct weed control in an already established crop. A list of the main methods that can be used in an integrated weed management strategy is shown in." http://www.fao.org/3/y5031e/y5031e0e.htm
PAS 3	"Worldwide limited success in weed control is probably the result of an over-simplification in tackling the problem. Too much emphasis has been given to the development of weed control tactics (especially synthetic herbicides) as ‘the’ solution for any weed problems, while the importance of integrating different tactics (e.g. preventive, cultural, mechanical, and chemical methods) in a cropping system-based weed management strategy has long been neglected."http://www.fao.org/3/y5031e/y5031e0e.htm
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)
Other Community Practices	"Effect of rice bran application for eco-friendly weed control, growth and yield of lowland rice in Bangladesh International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research (IJAAR)."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277092588_Effect_of_rice_bran_application_for_eco-friendly_weed_control_growth_and_yield_of_lowland_rice_in_Bangladesh_International_Journal_of_Agronomy_and_Agricultural_Research_IJAAR
Practice ID	DTP0010000001009
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/182
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY