Practice Name:

Winter Cherry and Thornapple for Pest-Resistant Seeds

Details

Category Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop ragi and jowar
Crop Family Poaceae
Scientific Name (Eleusine coracana)
Vernacular Name Ragi
Scout HBN
Ingredients The roots of Aswagandhaor Winter Cherry (Withania somnifera), the leaves of Daturaor Thornapple (Datura metel) and water.
Details Of Innovation Farmer treats the seeds of ragi and jowar using Aswagandha or Winter Cherry (Withania somnifera) and Datura or Thornapple (Datura metel) to produce seedlings which free from pests. He pounds 250 grams roots of Winter Cherry along with 50 grams of leaves of Thornapple by adding water. This mixture is sufficient for soaking one kilogram of seeds. The seeds are dried in the shade before sowing. He has been practicing this method for the last seven years.
Innovator / Knowledge Provider G Mallappa
District Chikkamagaluru
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, (PO): Mudigere - 577132 Chikmagalur ( Dist), KARNATAKA(State)
Address village - Karanaghatta , taluka - Tarikere ,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken Tamil
Vocation Farming
State Tamil Nadu
PIN Code 577228
PAS 1 "effect of planting methods on the growth and establishment of finger millet - Study was carried out to evaluate the germination and establishment of finger millet lines under different planting methods at the department of Crop Production and Protection, Federal University, Wukari, Taraba state, Nigeria. The treatments consist of six lines of finger millet which were:L1(four fingers),L2(seven fingers),L3(thirteen fingers),L4(five finger),L5(black variety) and L6(six fingers) and three planting methods which are broadcasting, drilling and spot planting. These were arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Data collected and analyzed using ANOVA at 5% level of probability. Result shows that planting methods affects the germination and establishment of finger millet lines.L6 produced significantly better germination through broadcasting method.L1, L5 and L6 had the best germination when using drilling method while for spot planting, L4 and L6 germinate better than other lines. Broadcasting produced better germination which is not significantly different from drilling method but better than spot planting." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276290313_effect_of_planting_methods_on_the_growth_and_establishment_of_finger_millet
PAS 2 "Effect of planting methods on the growth and establishment of finger millet."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276290313_effect_of_planting_methods_on_the_growth_and_establishment_of_finger_millet
PAS 3 "EFFECTS OF PLANTING METHODS, SOWING DATES AND SPACING ON WEED AND THE PRODUCTIVITY OF FINGER MILLET (Eleusine corocana L. Gaertn) IN THE NORTHERN GUINEA SAVANOF NIGERIA - Two field experiments were conducted during the 2009 and 2010 cropping seasons at the experimental farm of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (110 111 N, 070 38’ E; 636m above sea level) in the Northern Guinea Savanna ecology of Nigeria, to study the effect of planting method, sowing date and spacing on the growth and productivity of finger millet. From the study, planting finger millet by dibbling and planting the crop on the 25 June and 9 July at a spacing of 10 and 15cm gave heavier unthreshed panicles with consequent higher grain yield."https://grid.undp.org.in/practices/9o3isuOlU3lO2U#6/20.486/73.3
Agro Ecological Zone Western Ghats And Coastal Plain, Hot Humid region (19.1)
Other Community Practices "Effect of methods of planting on growth and yield of finger millet genotypes under organic farming" - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287094582_Effect_of_methods_of_planting_on_growth_and_yield_of_finger_millet_genotypes_under_organic_farming
Practice ID KNW0010000001349
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/55
Reference HBN database
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