| Category | Crop Pest & Disease Management |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Twigs of Swallow wart (Calotropis gigantea), an earthen pot, urea, water and clay soil. |
| Details Of Innovation | Special mixture to protect crops from termites and other soil pests: The farmers keep twigs of Swallow wart (Calotropis gigantea) in an earthen pot and add about 50 grams of urea to it. Then they add approximately one litre of water and seal it air tight by plastering its mouth with clay soil. This container is kept in a manure pit for two months. The swallow wart twigs get decomposed and are mixed with water. The extract is then filtered and used for seed treatment of wheat, barley and gram. Crops treated in this manner do not get affected by termites. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Prem Prakash Sharma |
| District | Jaipur |
| KVK District | KVK, Takarda (Chomu), Jaipur |
| Address | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| Languages Spoken | Marwari/Hindi |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Rajasthan |
| PIN Code | 302001 |
| PAS 1 | "Use of ocher and brilliant gardenia (Gardenia resinifera) for termite control. Brilliant gardenia (Gardenia resinifera) is also called as "jangali champo" in the forest area of Dang and Chhota Udaipur. This plant is 3 to 6 ft in height and bears white coloured fragrant flowers in the month of October. Fruit setting starts during the month of December and lasts up to the month of February. Seeds are light green in colour. About 150 to 250 g brilliant gardenia seeds and 100 g ocher are crushed and added to 1 L of water. This mixture is smeared on the trunk of mango (Mangifera indica) up to 2 to 3 ft height from ground level." https://mangifera.res.in/innovation.php?page=5 Dated 5/5/2020 |
| PAS 2 | "Adding organic material to the soil, crop rotation, physical barriers, encouraging predators, plant parts and plant extracts can be used effectively for control of this insect. HYPERLINK" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268153608_Farmer_Friendly_Ways_to_Control_Termites#fullTextFileContent |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Northern Plain and Central highlands including Aravallis (4.1) |
| Other Community Practices | Pest Management Strategies in Traditional Agriculture: An African Perspective ttps://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.631#_i11 |
| Practice ID | KNW0010000001004 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/820 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Pest Scientific Names | (Macrotermes spp.), Odontotermes spp.) |
| Technology Transfer Terms | DIY |
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