| Category | Soil Management |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Cow dung and water. |
| Details Of Innovation | Farmers spray cow dung slurry on arecanut seedlings, ashgourd and pumpkin to save them from being destroyed by pests and monkeys. Arecanut seedlings when in the nursery stage are faced with pest menace in the form of spots and small insects. The farmers mix cowdung with water and prepare a slurry. They spray this slurry over the arecanut seedlings once or twice in a week. Thus by this method they are able to control the pests which attack the arecanut plant. The farmers also use the cow dung slurry to coat the pumpkin and ashgourd plants grown in the backyard of the house. According to them this is an effective method to control monkeys which attack the plants. Thus the vegetables are saved from the attack of monkeys till they are harvested." |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Ravi |
| District | Shimoga |
| KVK District | KrishiVignan Kendra, Navile, Shimoga -577 204 |
| Address | Shimoga, Karnataka |
| Languages Spoken | Kannada |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Karnataka |
| PIN Code | 577201 |
| PAS 1 | "Pest management in arecanut."http://14.139.158.118/docs/Frepub/English%20folder.pdf |
| PAS 2 | "Eco Friendly Management of Arecanut Root Grub ( Leucopholis lepidophora Blanchard) in Hilly Tracts of Uttar Kannada, Karnataka."http://iskv.in/wp-content/themes/iskv/volume-pdfs/fdf44fa93dcdd8b4de902b567944e73cpages_38-40.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) |
| Practice ID | KNW0010000001241 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/855 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Technology Transfer Terms | DIY |
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