Practice Name:

For the control of insect in cotton

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Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Leaves of agave (Agave americana) water.
Details Of Innovation	This insect attacksleaves and fruit of cotton. For treatment, 1 kg of agace Americana leaves are crushed, and 5kg of water is added to it. This mixture is slightly boiled, and then filtered. The medicine is prepared by a mixture of 200 gm of agave juice with 10 kg of water. Within one week, about 50% of the insects are controlled. The farmer has innovated this practice and has been using it for the last ten years. Currently, 20% of teh villagers are using this practice.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Babubhai Appabhai Vaghoshi
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	At Gadhada Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364750

PAS 1	"Sustainable Pest Management for Cotton Production: A Review."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41714543_Sustainable_Pest_Management_for_Cotton_Production_A_Review
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Practice ID	DTP0010000000709
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/690
Reference	Bhavnagar-96/1
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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