Practice Name:

Snuffing out Mildew from Mango

Details

Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	Mango
Crop Family	Anacardiaceae
Scientific Name	(Mangifera indica)
Vernacular Name	Mango Tree
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Sand, snuff and leaves of tobacco (Nicotina tabacum)
Details Of Innovation	Rajnikant Kelabhai Patel of Gujarat uses the pungent tobacco (Nicotina tabacum) leaves as well as snuff made from its leaves and sand to control powdery mildew pest on the mango crop. He takes one kilogram of tobacco (Nicotina tabacum) leaves and snuff and adds these to five kilogram of moist sand. If the sand is dry then it should be moisoned. He sprays the herbal granules on the mango (Mangifera indica) crop as soon as flowering takes place. The tobacco-spraying must be done before the mango crop is affected by powdery mildew (chara). The same procedure can be applied for protecting fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), cumin (Cuminum cyminum) and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) crops that are also affected by powdery mildew.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Rajnibhai Keshabhai Patel
District	Surendranagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address	Mu Modasa, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	560037

PAS 1	"Powdery mildew appears on the crop in February-March in Rajasthan. The disease results in heavy loss in yield. The green foliage, tender stem and branches get infected. Talcum-like powder spreads on whole of the plant, which dries up under severe infection (Chattopadhyaya and Maiti 9). http://isss.ind.in/pdf/2014volume/2.pdf. Common on many plants and easily recognized, powdery mildew is a fungal disease found throughout the United States. It is caused by a variety of closely related fungal species, each with a limited host range. (The fungi attacking your roses are unlikely to spread to your lilacs). Low soil moisture combined with high humidity levels at the plant surface favors this disease." https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/plant-disease/powdery-mildew/
PAS 2	"Among the different fungicides tested against E. polygoni in vivo conditions, propiconazole (0.025%) was the most effective fungicide ascompared to the others" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333446333_Diseases_of_Cumin_and_its_Management
PAS 3	"Single dusting of 300 meshes sulphur 20-25 kg/ha at the time of flowering in January is essential." http://isss.ind.in/pdf/ISSS%20JOURAL%20(VOLUME-4(1)%20(06-01-2.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Practice ID	DTP0010000001163
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/247
Reference	HBN database
Pest Group	disease fungus
Pest Scientific Names	Oidium mangiferae
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY