Practice Name:

Cure for Crop Disease

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Paddy
Crop Family	Poaceae
Scientific Name	(Oryza sativa)
Vernacular Name	Rice
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Yam and water.
Details Of Innovation	100 g of yam into small pieces and pours one litre of boiling water over it. This is allowed to soak for six to eight hours. He then filters this water and mixes with 10 litres of water. This mixture is sprayed all over the field to cure the disease.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Purushottam Rao
District	Shimoga
KVK District	KrishiVignan Kendra, Navile, Shimoga -577 204
Address	Tirthahalli, district - Shimoga, Karnataka.
Languages Spoken	Kannada
Vocation	Farming
State	Karnataka
PIN Code	577432

PAS 1	"Pests, Diseases, Rice Weeds and their Management ."http://www.farmer.gov.in/imagedefault/pestanddiseasescrops/pestanddiseasesofrice.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Ghats And Coastal Plain, Hot Humid region (19.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) West coast plains and Ghat region (XII) Southern plateau and Hills region (X), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Nothern transition zone (KA-8) Hilly zone (KA-9)
Other Community Practices	"Control of rice insect pests ."http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/ericeproduction/PDF_&_Docs/Control_of_rice_insect_pests.pdf
Practice ID	KNW0010000000917
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/8
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY