| 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 |
| Technology Transfer Terms | DIY |
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