Practice Name:

Insect-Pests Control in Banana

Details

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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