Practice Name:

Increasing Bottle Gourd Output

Details

Category Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop Bottle gourd
Crop Family Cucurbitaceae
Scientific Name (Lagenaria siceraria)
Vernacular Name Dudhi, lauki
Scout HBN
Ingredients "ethvad", buttermilk
Details Of Innovation To increase the production of bottle gourd (Lagenaria leucantha) and buffalo gourd (Cucurbita maxima), put ethvad (brick powder) and pour buttermilk at the root of the plants. This facilitates the growth of the vegetable plants. The quantity to be used is one-litre buttermilk for each plant and a small amount of brick powder. First put little brick powder. Eight days later, pour one litre buttermilk. Repeat the process after a week. About 3000 to 4000 kg of bottle gourd and buffalo gourd production can be obtained from one bigha of land, if the practice is maintained. This method was rechecked in December 2003 and June 2004.
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Banidan Mavaljibhai Gadhoi
District Kheda
KVK District KrishiVignan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith, Dethli, District:- Kheda Phone No.02694-291252, e-mail:kvkkheda@gmail.com
Address Agat na muwadapo Bhilai
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 450110
PAS 1 "Germination of Seeds Under Water." https://www.jstor.org/stable/2435353
PAS 2 "Water realations in seed germination" - https://books.google.co.in/books?hl=en&lr=&id=AHVDtveqlpMC&oi=fnd&pg=PA351&dq=germination+seeds+BY+WATER&ots=hWKguDrh77&sig=j535yRuebc6-pUgQjZstQxZgJBs&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=germination%20seeds%20BY%20WATER&f=false
PAS 3 "A Water Relations Analysis of Seed Germination Rates - Seed germination culminates in the initiation of embryo growth and the resumption of water uptake after imbibition. Previous applications of cell growth models to describe seed germination have focused on the inhibition of radicle growth rates at reduced water potential (Ψ). An alternative approach is presented, based upon the timing of radicle emergence, to characterize the relationship of seed germination rates to Ψ. Using only three parameters, a `hydrotime constant' and the mean and standard deviation in minimum or base Ψ among seeds in the population, germination time courses can be predicted at any Ψ, or normalized to a common time scale equal to that of seeds germinating in water. The rate of germination of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv Empire) seeds, either intact or with the endosperm envelope cut, increased linearly with embryo turgor. The endosperm presented little physical resistance to radicle growth at the time of radicle emergence, but its presence markedly delayed germination. The length of the lag period after imbibition before radicle emergence is related to the time required for weakening of the endosperm, and not to the generation of additional turgor in the embryo. The rate of endosperm weakening is sensitive to Ψ or turgor." http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/94/2/840
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco-Region (5.2) , Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hill region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agro Climatic zone(GJ-3), North Gujarat Zone GJ-5
Practice ID DTP0010000001151
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/236
Reference HBN database
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