Practice Name:

Protecting Cotton Crop

Details

Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	custard apple (Annona squamosa), leaves, water
Details Of Innovation	Vasrambhai Zalawadia first takes three-kilo green and tender leaves of custard apple (Annona squamosa)<i/> and boils the leaves in 20 glasses of water. The boiling is continued until one-third of water evaporates. After cooling, a pump is with filled with 100 millilitres of this solution and sprayed on the crop. While spraying, it should be ensured that it covers the entire crop, so that the benefit is maximized. This practice has been in use for a year now. Because of this spray, small worms and parasites, which attack the cotton crop, will die within 3 days.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Vasrambhai Jerajbhai Zalawadia
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Sanosara,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364230

PAS 1	"Research on Sugar Application to Crops - Numerous research studies have documented the increase of beneficial insects in fields and plots treated with a sugar-water solution, suggesting its application as a biocontrol method for reducing pest populations." https://cropwatch.unl.edu/research-sugar-application-crops#:~:text=Numerous%20research%20studies%20have%20documented,method%20for%20reducing%20pest%20populations.
PAS 2	"Enhancing Insecticides with Sugar-Based Compounds" - https://gpnmag.com/article/enhancing-insecticides-sugar-based-compounds/
PAS 3	"Cotton aphid is the most common aphid on cotton in California and it can be present at any time during the growing season. Cotton aphid is highly variable in body size and color, and adults may be winged or wingless. Nymphs and adults of wingless cotton aphids vary in color from yellow to green to nearly black. The darker forms tend to be substantially larger. Nymphs that are developing into winged adults look very different from the nymphs developing into wingless adults: they bear small welts or protuberances on their bodies and may be covered with a coat of dusty-appearing whitish wax. Their body color is often greenish blue, or amber and blue." http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/r114300111.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	DTP0010000001185
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/254
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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