| Category | Crop Production |
| Crop | Banana |
| Crop Family | Musaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Musa paradisica) |
| Vernacular Name | Kela |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Shell, Conch |
| Details Of Innovation | A decoction is prepared from powder of shell and conch. About 150 gram of this decoction is applied to soil around banana (Musa paradisiacal) plant. This treatment controls the root infestation by insect-pests and growth of plant is normalized. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | P. Vivekunandan |
| Address | Tamil Nadu |
| Languages Spoken | Tamil |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| PAS 1 | "The seedlings which appear before blossoming are destroyed. Only those which come after the sufficent maturation of the banana bunch are permitted to grow.” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=7205&page=2&search_case=pest%20control%20banana |
| PAS 2 | "Microbial control, using entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes tend to be more promising. Effective strains of microbial agents are known but economic mass production and delivery systems need further development.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1023330900707 |
| PAS 3 | "Infochemicals can be used in pest monitoring and in pest control, through mating disruption, mass trapping and by aggregating herbivores at delivery sites for biological control agents.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1017/S1742758400020877 |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000002615 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/417 |
| Reference | lok (2) 6, Dec-1997, Pg No. 8 |
| Technology Transfer Terms | DIY |
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