Practice Name:

Protection of Gladiolus Flower

Details

Category Crop Production
Crop Gladiolus
Crop Family Iridaceae
Scientific Name Gladiolus X hortulanus
Vernacular Name gladiola, plural gladioli, gladiolus, orgladioluses
Scout HBN
Ingredients Leaves Of Wind Killer (Clerodendron Phlomidis), Cow Urine
Details Of Innovation Use of wind killer (Clerodendrun phlomidis) leaves and cow urine to protect the flowers of gladiolus from insect feeding and damage. About three kilograms of leaves of wind killer are collected and soaked in 10 L of cows urine overnight. On the next day, this mixture is filtered and diluted in 200 L of water. Then the formulation is sprayed on the flowers of gladiolus plant over the one acre of land during the evening hours.
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Dr. T N. Prakesh
Vocation Farming
PAS 1 "Cow urine: Apotential biopesticide" - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288420787_Cow_urine_a_potential_biopesticide
PAS 2 "Efficiancy of neem in combination with cow urine against mustard aphids and its effect on coccinellid predators" http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/8069/1/NPR%204%282%29%20102-106.pdf
Practice ID DTP0010000002770
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/440
Reference Lok(3)5, Oct.-1998, Pg. No.-9
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