Practice Name:

"Kansia" in Maize

Details

Category	Crop Production
Crop	Corn
Crop Family	Poaceae
Scientific Name	(Zea mays)
Vernacular Name	Makka, Makai
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Flower of mahua (Madhuca indica), water
Details Of Innovation	Small insects, locally called "kansia", infest the maize (Zea mays) crop in the milking stage of grain. As a result, the production is decreased leading to economical loss to the farmer. About 250 g flowers of mahua (Madhuca indica) are boiled in pot with two liter of water. The boiling vessel is kept closed with lid at the time of boiling. The vessel has one pipe inserted in to it while boiling, which brings out the evaporating water with fumes in a separate vessel out side. This water is then used as the remedy and sprayed on the "kansia" affected maize crop with hands or broom in the direction of wind at certain spacific distance. This helps in erradicating the pest from the maize field. The remedy is reported to have a residual effect of about 10 days. This is traditional method.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Rupabhai Kohyabhai Vankar
District	Panchmahals
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, National Research Centre for Horticulture Crops(ICAR), Vejalpur, Godhra, Distt. Panchmahals -389340
Address	Mu. Chopadakhurd Sahera Panchmahals Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389210

PAS 1	"He spread 25 pounds of sugar, mixed with water, on his corn plants” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=6705&page=1&search_case=corn%20pest
PAS 2	"About 5-7 persons in a row of maize crop move from one side of the field to the other in the direction of wind by keeping leaves of `Dhumas' (Combretumovalifolium) on their back whose smell forces Sunga to fly away.” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=400&page=14&search_case=pest%20in%20corn
PAS 3	"Metarhizium anisopliae Seed Treatment Increases Yield of Field Corn When Applied for Wireworm Control” https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2134/agronj2007.0017N
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Madhya Bharat plateau Western Malwa plateau, Eastern Gujarat plain, Vindhyan and Satpura range and Narmada Valley hot, moist semi-arid eco-subregion (5.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agro Climatic Zone (GJ-3)
Practice ID	DTP0010000002928
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/387
Reference	lok(5) 2, Mar-Apr-2000, Pg No. 5
Pest Group	cutting
Pest Scientific Names	Centipede
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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