Practice Name:

Practice to improve soil fertility and to control termite by incorporating castor cake

Details

Category	Crop Pest and Disease Management
Crop	Groundnut
Crop Family	Fabaceae
Scientific Name	(Arachis hypogaea)
Vernacular Name	peanuts, mufali, china badam
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Castor (Ricinus communis) cake.
Details Of Innovation	Practice to control the incidence of termite in groundnut and cotton and to harvest the higher yields, control other disease pests and fungal attack in the cash crops, and reduce the disease of wilt. Castor cake is placed into the rows of the field before sowing of the crop. This castor gets mixed into the soil during the last plowing with the plow just before the sowing of the crop. 40 kg of castor cake is applied per vigha of filled in the rows. By following this practice, the farmers achieve great benefits. Neighboring farmers, orchard owners, and also the nearby villagers follow this practice.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Mahendrabhai Kalubhai Satani
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	At. Modha, Mahuva Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364290

PAS 1	"Utilization of deoiled castor cake for crop production."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248918471_Utilization_of_deoiled_castor_cake_for_crop_production
PAS 2	"Use of castor bean cake as an organic fertilizer."https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1983-40632012000100003&script=sci_abstract
PAS 3	"Organic cultivation of onion under castor cake fertilization and irrigation depths."https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-86212018000100605
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	DTP0010000000996
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/746
Reference	Bhavnagar-94/22
Pest Group	Chewing Pest
Pest Scientific Names	(Odonotermus obesi)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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