Practice Name:

Controlling Termites in Wheat Crop

Details

Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	wheat
Crop Family	Poaceae
Scientific Name	(Triticum aestivum)
Vernacular Name	Gehun
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	milk bush (Euphorbia tirucalli), water
Details Of Innovation	When termites are seen in the wheat (Triticum aestivum) field, immediately use the branches of the milk bush (Euphorbia tirucalli). Cut Euphorbia branches into pieces of two to three inches size and bundle them up. These bundles are placed in the channel supplying water to the wheat field. As the water starts flowing, the juice or milk of the Euphorbia bundle goes along with it. Termites tread clear of Euphorbia juice. This is a traditional method to control termites.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Lalijibhai Valubhai chaudhry
District	Banaskantha
KVK District	t Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Deesa
Address	Goda Palanpur Banaskantha Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	385001

PAS 1	"Effect of some organic amendaments on termite infestation in wheat." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291435792_Effect_of_some_organic_amendaments_on_termite_infestation_in_wheat
PAS 2	"Capsicum based pesticide and method of use The novel pesticide and method of use of the present invention is highly effective against termites in dry areas, wet area" https://patents.google.com/patent/US6523298B2/en
PAS 3	"Effects of plant latex based anti-termite formulations on Indian white termite Odontotermes obesus (Isoptera: Odontotermitidae) in sub-tropical high infestation areas Calotropis procera latex based formulations can be recommended for effective control of termites in high infestation areas" https://m.scirp.org/papers/37983
PAS 5	"Farmer Friendly Ways to Control Termites." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268153608_Farmer_Friendly_Ways_to_Control_Termites
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia (2.3), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Gujarat zone and North -West (GJ-4, GJ-5)
Other Community Practices	"Termite control by avoiding chemicals" https://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/bitstream/123456789/2297/1/Termite%20control%20by%20without%20chemical.pdf "Termite (Insecta: Isoptera) Fauna of SomeAgricultural Crops Of Vadodara, Gujarat (India)" http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/110/01/0047-0059.pdf
Practice ID	DTP0010000000689
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/686
Reference	Bhavnagar- 98/7
Pest Group	Chewing Pest
Pest Scientific Names	(Odonotermus obesi)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY