Practice Name:

Suking insects in cotton crop

Details

Category	Crop Production
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Tobacoo powder and water.
Details Of Innovation	Molo mashi and tartaris destroy cotton crop much after the palntation at cotton seeds between next these to fouur monthd these insects are seen at cotton crop they suck juice from fruit and leafd and effect the crop very badly bhikalal prodhubsa masani faremr of Gundrun villages disctrict authali use tobacoo five hundred grasnm sucking insects in cotton crop use five hundred grams tubacoo powder and add two and a liquied are add fifteeen litre water, Now sprinkle this mixture on cotton crop it will control sucking very quickly.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Bhikhbai Prabhuckas Mansi
District	Amreli
KVK District	Krishi Vgyan Kendra, Junagadh Agricultural University, Keria Road, Amreli-365 611
Address	Gundaran Litra Amreli Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	365220

PAS 1	"Powder one kg tobacco (Nicotianatabacum) and soak it in three litres water in an earthen pot for three days. Then filter it and add 500 ml neem oil. Mix this with soap. Dilute with water and spray the mixture on the cotton crop. It is sufficient for one acre. The results, i.e., good flower and fruit formation and reduced flower dropping, are apparent within a week.” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=8225&page=7&search_case=flower%20drop
PAS 2	"TILLAGE DEPTH, TILLAGE TIMING, AND COVER CROP EFFECTS ON COTTON YIELD, SOIL STRENGTH, AND TILLAGE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS" https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/download/14353/PDF 43.
PAS 3	"Applying a combination of both organic materials and effective microorganisms resulted in a 44% increase in Cotton yield over control." For more details, see http://blogg.bokashi.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EM-NPK_-Pakistan.pdf
PAS 4	"Using forage turnip as a cover crop provided an increased cotton yield, and this practice can be recommended." http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-86212015000100075
PAS 5	"To prevent it 25 g 'hing' (asafoetida) is powdered and dissolved in one litre of water and sprayed on the crop.” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=4735&page=1&search_case=flower%20drop
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) South Saurashtra (GJ-7)
Other Community Practices	"Two kg of neem seeds are ground well and diluted with water and then filtered. To this filtrate, ten kg of fresh cow dung is mixed thoroughly. This is sufficient for spraying on one acre of land by adding required quantity of water to stop flower dropping” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=12165&page=4&search_case=flower%20drop
Practice ID	DTP0010000002636
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/329
Reference	lok (2) 5, Sep-oct-1997, Pg No.5
Pest Group	Sap-sucking insects
Pest Scientific Names	(Aphis gossypi)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY