Practice Name:

Interesting Seed Treatment Methods for Germination

Details

Category	Crop Production
Crop	Paddy Maize Banana Cotton Chilli
Crop Family	Grasses Grasses Musaceae Mallows Solanaceae
Scientific Name	Oryza sativa Zea mays Musa acuminata Gossypium Capsicum frutescens
Vernacular Name	Patrick, Patricia, Padraig corn, makai, doda kela kapas, ru marcha, long pepper, Chilli Pepper, chili powder
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Slurry From Biogas Plant, Cow Dung, Cow Urine, Hot Water, and Lemon Water Solution
Details Of Innovation	Farmer V R Ayyapan of Tamilnadu uses various interesting methods of seed treatment that ensures him better germination and protection against crop diseases : For paddy: (Oryza sativa) One gunny bagful of paddy is dipped in a water tank for 12 hours. Thereafter, the bag is taken out and the seeds are spread on the slurry of the biogas plant for 12 hours. This treatment gives resistance against pests and diseases. Maize : (Zea mays) Seeds are dipped in cow urine for some period before sowing. Banana : (Musa paradisiaca) Before the suckers are sown, they are soaked in hot water. Cotton : (Gossypium hirsutum) Seeds are treated with cow dung and lemon (Citrus limon) water solution before sowing. Chilli: (Capsicum annuum) Seeds are soaked in the slurry of biogas plant for half an hour before sowing. It gives good growth and increases resistance.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	V. R. Aicchappan
District	Virudunagar
KVK District	TNAU-KVK, Regional Research Station Campus, Kovilangulam, Aruppukottai- 626101
Address	Reddiapatti,Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	626118

PAS 1	"Speed of germination and Germination percentage (78 and 83.25%) respectively and were highest in Cow urine” https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2017/vol6issue3/PartM/6-3-129-451.pdf
PAS 2	"Major pests of cotton" http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/crop_prot_crop_insectpest%20_cotton.html
PAS 3	Cotton Pest Management Guide 2019-20 https://www.cottoninfo.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/CPMG%202019-20.pdf
PAS 4	The concept of integrated pest management (IPM) is discussed in this paper and its large scale application throughout the country is recommended. The benefits derived from IPM, directly or indirectly, are long-lasting, economical and ecofriendly." see: Sundaramurthy, V. T., &Gahukar, R. T. (1998). Integrated Management of Cotton Insect Pests in India. Outlook on Agriculture, 27(4), 261–269. https://doi.org/10.1177/003072709802700409
PAS 5	Insects and pest management for cotton crop https://www.krishisewa.com/articles/disease-management/323-cotton-ipm.html
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Region / Sub Region (ICAR) Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) East Coast Plains and Hill Region (XI), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Southern zone (TN-5)
Other Community Practices	"Farmers grow 2-3 lines of okra (Ablelmoschus esculentus) plant surrounding the cotton field. They believe that cotton pest complex prefer okra plant as compared to okra plant and attack them first.” https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=1050&page=3&search_case=Boll%20Worms%20in%20Cotton
Practice ID	DTP0010000002658
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/425
Reference	Lok(4)1, feb.-1999, pg.no-8
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY