Practice Name:

Contolling Aphid Attack on Crops

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	The leaves of the creeper naffatvelor shrubby morningglory (Ipomoea fistulosa), leaves ofarani(Clerodendrum phlomidis) and water.
Details Of Innovation	Farmer uses the leaves of naffatvel or shrubby morning glory (Ipomoea fistulosa) and arani (Clerodendrum phlomidis) to control the attack of aphids on pests. Farmer boils 500 grams of the leaves of the creeper shrubby morning glory and 500 grams of arani (Clerodendrum phlomidis)leaves in five litres of water for four hours. The solution is kept aside for five days. Later, he takes about 500 millilitres of this decoction and fills it into a pump and mixes with water. This solution is sprayed on the crops for controlling aphids. The pests are killed within three days of spraying the solution.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Jethabhai Karshanbhai Baraiya
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	village - Zanzmer, taluka - Talaza , Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364135

PAS 1	"Extract of Eucalyptus and mehogany reduced aphid population. Bahar, H., Islam, A., Mannan, A. and Uddin, J., 2007. Effectiveness of some botanical extracts on bean aphids attacking yard-long beans. Journal of Entomology, 4(2), pp.136-142."
PAS 2	eucalyptus oil also protects plants from aphids and cannabis. https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-spot-treat-and-prevent-aphids-on-cannabis-plants-n499 (Dated: 14/5/2020)
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)
Other Community Practices	In South Nigeria, people use weeding as successfull way to manage grasshopper from destroying pearl millets.Amatobi, C., Apeji, S., & Oyidi, O. (1986). Weeding as a means of reducing the population of grasshopper pests and damage on pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum] in northern Nigeria. Insect Science and Its Application, 7(1), 99-102. doi:10.1017/S1742758400003180
Practice ID	KNW0010000001304
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/859
Reference	HBN database
Pest Scientific Names	(Aphidoidea spp.)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY