Practice Name:

Blight in Cumin Crop

Details

Category	Crop Production
Crop	Cumin
Crop Family	Umbellifers
Scientific Name	(Cuminum cyminum)
Vernacular Name	Jeera, Jeeru, Jeere
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	tender leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica), aloe vera ( Aloe barbadensis), leaves of crown flower plant (Calotropis gigantea),detergent powder
Details Of Innovation	Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) is an important cash crop for the dry and semi-dry regions of Gujarat. It is a challenging task for the farmers to save cumin (Cuminum cyminum) crop from blight disease. To control blight in cumin, tender leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica ), Indian aloe vera ( Aloe barbadensis) and leaves of crown flower (Calotropis gigantea ) are crushed together to extract the juice. Thenafter, mix five gram detergent powder to 500 ml extract and add it to 15 L of water. Spray this mixture on the cumin (Cuminum cyminum ) crop when it is 30 days old. The remedy is sprayed at the interval of every eight to ten days after the first spray. This is self developed practice successfully used by the innovator for last five years.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Pathubhai Gandubhai Rathod
District	Surendranagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address	Mu. Thoriyali Saayala Surendranagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	363430

PAS 1	"The cultivars cumin RZ-223, GC-4,RZ-19, UC-198, GC-3 are tolerant to wilt. Seed treatment with a mixture of carbendazim+captan (1 :1) @ 4 g/kg of seed, summer ploughing and use of neem cake and crop rotation with non-host crops like cumin as bionutrient and its management 219 mustard and pearl millet for three years can help control wilt (Thamburaj and Singh, 2014)." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326667804_Efficacy_of_Cumin_Cuminum_cyminum_L_as_a_Bionutrient_and_its_Management
PAS 2	"Traditional plant protection management practices of Rajasthan. - Ten-day old pearl millet flour and ash are mixed in the ratioof 1:4 and dusted on the cumin crop before flowering toprevent infection of powdery mildew. This practice is beingfollowed in Pali and Barmer districts." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278676064_Traditional_plant_protection_management_practices_of_Rajasthan
PAS 4	"Ash (2-3 kg) is mixed with castor oil (0.7-0.8 kg). This mixture is spread on the seedbed of cotton (0.01 ha) tocontrol ‘damping-off’ disease." - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278676064_Traditional_plant_protection_management_practices_of_Rajasthan
PAS 5	"Farmers dust the ash at the rate of 50-60 kg ha-1 on mustardcrop to prevent various diseases like white rust, downy mildew and powdery mildew." - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278676064_Traditional_plant_protection_management_practices_of_Rajasthan
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	DTP0010000002888
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/381
Reference	lok(6) 1-2, jan-Apr-2001, Pg No. 6
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY