| Category | Crop Protection and Disease Management |
| Crop | wheat |
| Crop Family | Poaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Triticum aestivum) |
| Vernacular Name | Gehun |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) |
| Details Of Innovation | Rats cut at wheat (Triticum aestivum) and rice Oryza sativa<i/> stalks, gobbling up about 5 to 10 mound grain from each farm. To prevent the huge loss of grain, Dayabhai Chababhai Patel found a simple method to keep the rats away. What he would do is to take 10 to 12 pods of cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) and squeeze their juice in rat burrows. Take three more each of the cowhage pods and place these in the burrows. The rats steer clear of the pod-laden burrows and set up home elsewhere. The wheat or rice crop is saved. (This method has been rechecked in December 2003. The Innovator passed away in October 2002). |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Dahgabhai Chhababhai Patel |
| District | Kheda |
| KVK District | KrishiVignan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith, Dethli, District:- Kheda Phone No.02694-291252, e-mail:kvkkheda@gmail.com |
| Address | po Khadana, Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | Gujarati |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 388430 |
| PAS 1 | "Diarrhea, dyspnea, tympany, arching of the back and loss of hair from the back were the prominent signs when Aristolochiabracteata was given orally to goats. The main lesions were hemorrhages in the lungs, heart, and kidneys, fatty change and congestion in the liver, mucoidabomasitis and enteritis and straw-colored fluid in serous cavities. An increase in aspartate aminotransferase activity, ammonia and urea concentrations and a decrease in the concentrations of total protein and magnesium were detected in the serum." [Barakat, Seifeldawla&Wasfi, Ibrahim & Adam, S.. (1983). The Toxicity of Aristolochiabracteata in Goats. Veterinary pathology. 20. 611-6. 10.1177/030098588302000513. ] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/16558798_The_Toxicity_of_Aristolochia_bracteata_in_Goats |
| PAS 2 | "Swiss albino rats were used to study the toxicological effect of methanolic and chlorformic extract of Aristolochiabracteolata. Methanolic and chloroformic extracts were given at doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg BW to Swiss albino rats. Oral administration of the extract caused symptoms such as depression, arching of the back and tremors. Serum analysis indicated increase in the activi Aspartate amino transferease (AST), Alanine amino transferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). The concentration of urea, creatinine, and ammonia were also increased and the concentration of total protein decreased. The main lesions found were haemorrhage in the kidney and congestion of the liver. It has been reported that chloroformic extract at the rate of 500 mg/kg was more toxic than all thetreatments." [Payal Chawla. et al. / Asian Journal of Research in Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 1(2), 2013, 101 - 110. ]http://www.ajrbps.com/article/A%20REVIEW%20ON%20PHARMACOGNOSY%20AND%20BIOLOGICAL%20ACTIVITIES%20OF%20ARISTOLOCHIA_Payal%20Chawla.pdf |
| 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 | DTP0010000001160 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/244 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Pest Group | Muridae Illiger |
| Pest Scientific Names | Rattus |
| Technology Transfer Terms | DIY |
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