Practice Name:

Pest Control in Cotton Crop

Details

Category	Crop Production
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), ladyfinger (Abelmoschus esculentus) and brinjal (Solanum melongena) as inter crops
Details Of Innovation	To control pests and diseases in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crop, inter-cropping cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), ladyfinger (Abelmoschus esculentus) and brinjal (Solanum melongena) is suggested by the respondent farmer. The farmer believes that inter-cropping these vegetable crops not only reduces the pest infestation in the main crop, i.e., cotton, but also gets him additional income by way of selling vegetables.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Bhersangbhai Dhansangbhai Rajput
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Mu. Bhadbhadiya Ghogha Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364110

PAS 1	"Onion as a Pest Control Intercrop in Organic Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) Production System in Ghana." http://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/11114
PAS 2	"Onion (Allium cepa) and garlic (Allium sativum) as pest control intercrops in cabbage based intercrop systems in Zimbabwe - Cultural methods can be implemented to reduce the problems that have been caused by indiscriminate use of insecticides. An experiment was carried out in Makonde District, Zimbabwe to determine the ability of onion and garlic to reduce pest problem when intercropped with cabbages. A randomised complete block design was used with five treatments replicated three times. The treatments were (1) cabbage intercropped with garlic within rows, (2) cabbage intercropped with onion within rows (3) Cabbage and onion intercropped within rows (4) Cabbage and garlic intercropped within rows and (5) Sole cabbage. Data collected were on pest prevalence at physiological maturity, cabbage plants that survived at three weeks after planting (WAP), number of cabbage leaves damaged by insect pests at 6 (WAP), cabbage head diameter and yield of cabbages at physiological maturity. Intercropping cabbage significantly reduced pest revalence, plant death after transplanting, leaf damage and increased cabbage yield compared to sole cabbage crop. However there were generally more benefits when intercropping with either garlic or onions between the rows than within the rows though not statistically different from intercropping within the cabbage rows at p<0.05 "https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rumbidzai_Katsaruware/publication/271255202_Onion_Allium_cepa_and_garlic_Allium_sativum_as_pest_control_intercrops_in_cabbage_based_intercrop_systems_in_Zimbabwe/links/5800b65f08ae88b5a3bbd82a/Onion-Allium-cepa-and-garlic-Allium-sativum-as-pest-control-intercrops-in-cabbage-based-intercrop-systems-in-Zimbabwe.pdf
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	DTP0010000002307
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/276
Reference	Dang-1994/1
Pest Group	Chewing Pest
Pest Scientific Names	(Helicoverpa armigera)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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