Practice Name:

Insect Pest in Lucerne Grass

Details

Category	Crop Production
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	green leaves of swallow wart (Calotropis procera), water, vessel
Details Of Innovation	Insects attacking the lucerne grass (Medicago sativa) damage the leaves and flowers of the crop by sucking the plant sap. The development of the crop gets arrested. Moreover a plant which is attacked by these flies and insects is not eaten by cattle, and by chance if some cattle eats it, it gets affected by diarrhoea. To control this pest, 500 g green leaves of swallow wart (Calotropis procera) are ground finely and are soaked in 5 L of water for a day. Filter it using a fine cloth. The filtrate is taken in a vessel and small holes are made at the bottom of the vessel. While watering the lucerne grass, this porous vessel with the prepared solution is also kept near the watering channel. In this way, along with the water for the plants the swallow wart water is also fed to the plants. This brings the problem of the crop eating insects under control. The above proportions are for 0.2 ha of land.

Vocation

Farming

PAS 1	"Management of Economically Important Insect Pests of Millet Ruparao T. Gahukar and Gadi V. P. Reddy.(2019). Management of Economically Important Insect Pests of Millet.Journal of Integrated Pest Management, (2019) 10(1): 28; 1–10." https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/10/1/28/5569990.
PAS 2	"1. Insect Pests of Millets. G ShyomProsodl, V R Bhogwaf and K SrinivasaBabu.(2015). Insect Pests of Millets.Ircd,innFnr"rning65(a): +649; \|uly 2015."
PAS 3	"Mango is the most important commercial fruit crop in the Northern Territory, Australia. Growers currently rely on insecticides to control insect pests of mango, resulting in environmental and social problems. To reduce dependency on insecticides, a suitable IPM programme is needed. Previous work showed that weaver ants can control the major mango insect pests, but they protect soft scales, damage fruits by their formic acid and annoy operatives during fruit harvest. Further research addressing these constraints showed that certain chemicals can reduce soft scale numbers without seriously affecting weaver ant populations, the isolation of ant colonies reduces fruit damage by formic acid, and water spray reduces the ant activity during harvest. A field experiment with two treatments, weaver ants plus soft chemicals (WPS) and weaver ants plus chemical insecticides (CI), was conducted at Howard Springs in the Northern Territory. In two out of the three years, the yield of first class fruit was 20% higher in WPS than in CI. This was mostly explained by lower insect pest damage, lower incidence of mango scab disease and lower infestation of lenticels in WPS. Trees in WPS produced significantly more fruits than in CI in 2002. Overall, trees in WPS resulted in a profit of A$14.50/tree per year, but trees in CI produced only A$8.38/tree per year. During harvest, farmers experienced only minor problems with ant disturbance. An IPM model using weaver ants as a key element is discussed with respect to ‘organic’ production." - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670870500131749
PAS 4	"Management of Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer (LeucinodesorbonalisGuenee) Using Eco-Friendly IPM Strategies in Farmer’s Fields of Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, India P. Sudha Jacob and Revathi.(2019)." Management of Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer (LeucinodesorbonalisGuenee) Using Eco-Friendly IPM Strategies in Farmer’s Fields of Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, India.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(1): 2254-2261 https://www.ijcmas.com/8-1-2019/P.%20Sudha%20Jacob%20and%20Revathi.pdf
Other Community Practices	Ahuja, D.B., 2013. Pests of Fruits (Banana Mango and Pomegranate) E Pest Surveillance and Pest Management Advisory. CROPSAP (Hort), Jointly published by NCIPM, New Delhi & State Dep of Hort, Pune, p.67.
Practice ID	DTP0010000004393
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/908
Reference	HBN database
Pest Group	Moth
Pest Scientific Names	(Scirpophaga incertulas)
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY