Practice Name:

Aphids in Indian Bean

Details

Category	Crop Production
Crop	Indian Bean
Crop Family	Legumes
Scientific Name	Lablab purpureus
Vernacular Name	French beans
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Flowers of mahua (Madhuca indica), water
Details Of Innovation	For the control of aphids in Indian bean (Dolichos lablab), 500 g flowers of mahua (Madhuca indica) are soaked in two liters of water for about 12 hrs. The flowers are then crushed in the same water and filtered. The filtrate thus obtained is then filled in a pump and sprayed on the infested crop.Two sprays are given in a week. This gives complete control of aphids within 8 days. This is traditional practice and used by a number of farmers of this area.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Sitarambhai Kalubhai Galvi
District	Dang
KVK District	Dangs (Waghai)
Address	Mu. Nandanpada, Po. Mahalpada Aahva Dangs Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	394710

PAS 1	"Madhuca indica: A review of its medicinal property. The seed cake is reported to have insecticidal and pesticide property" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266871824_Madhuca_indica_a_review_of_its_medicinal_property
PAS 2	"Mahua cake possessed a significant insecticidaland pesticidal activity against phytonematode (Pandey etal., 2003). Mahua has a good pesticidal activity against Tetranychus urticae. (Mani et al. 2003)." http://ajpp.in/uploaded/p176.pdf
PAS 3	"Mani C, et al., 2003 have carried out a study to evaluate the efficacy ofacaricides and botanical pesticides(neem oil, azadirachtin, mahua andpungum oil) against two spotted mite,Tetranychus urticae Koch on Okracrop."
PAS 4	"Raja N, et al., 2002 have studied theuse of Madhuca longifolia seed oil incontrolling pulse beetle (Callosobruchus maculates)."
PAS 5	"Ratnoo R S, et al., 1993 have studied the effect of straw, oil cakes (including Neem, Kusum and Mahuvacakes) on ashy gray stem blightMacrophomia phaseolina (Tassi) Goidof cowpea. Madhuca longifolia- A Review" https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a818/41a54f2b8d3aed8a9dd96936fda14df62a7f.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) North Sahyadris and konkan coast hot humid eco sub region (19.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and Hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Gujarat heavy rainfall area (GJ-1)
Other Community Practices	"Pigeonpea and Integrated Pest Management" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327270198_Pigeonpea_and_Integrated_Pest_Management
Practice ID	DTP0010000002383
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/280
Reference	Dang-2000/16
Pest Group	Sap-sucking insects
Pest Scientific Names	(Aphidoidea spp.)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY