Practice Name:

Controlling Fungal and Bacterial Diseases

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Leaves of unnichedi or lantana (Lantana camara), water, cow urine and mud pot.
Details Of Innovation	Farmer controls fungal and bacterial diseases by making a spray from the leaves of unnichedi or lantana (Lantana camara) and cow urine. A potent spray is made of the leaves of lantana. About five kilogrammes of lantana leaves are soaked in five litres of water and 10 litres of cow urine for three to four days in a mud pot. It is filtered and diluted in 80 litres of water. This solution is then used for spraying. This spray is highly effective in controlling fungal and bacterial diseases. It is also a very productive use of a serious invasive weed.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	R Sundara Raman
District	Erode
KVK District	MYRADA (Mysore Resettlement and Development Agency) KVK, Gobichettipalayam
Address	district - Erode, Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	638001

PAS 1	"Insecticidal effects of leaves, flowers and fruits of Lantana camara Linn. (Philippine Kantutay) on Musca domestica L. (Philippine Houseflies)" - https://www.scholarsresearchlibrary.com/articles/insecticidal-effects-of-leaves-flowers-and-fruits-of-lantana-camara-linnphilippine-kantutay-on-musca-domestica-l-philipp.pdf
PAS 2	"Leaves of Lantana camara Linn. (Verbenaceae) as a potential insecticide for the management of three species of stored grain insect pests" - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4571242/
PAS 3	"Insecticidal activity of Lantana camara extract oil on controlling maize grain weevils -" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2397847320906491
Agro Ecological Zone	Eastern Ghats And Tamil Nadu Uplands D, (8.2, 8.3),Southern plateau and hilly region (X),North-Western Zone (TN-2), Western Zone (TN-3)
Practice ID	KNW0010000001234
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/853
Reference	HBN database
Pest Scientific Names	(Parmeliaceae spp.)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY