Practice Name:

Using the leaves of the Maeru to keep off pests.

Details

Category Agriculture,Crop Management,Storage of Produce (main or by Produce)
Scout HBN
Ingredients Leaves of the maerua (Maerua edulis)
Details Of Innovation An indigenous technique for storage of grains practised in Tanzania: Approximately 20 kg. of Maerua (Maerua edulis) leaves are plucked and spread on the floor of a granary having a capacity of about 500 kg. The granary is half-filled with grain, followed by a layer of maerua leaves (approximately one tin). The remaining part of the granary is filled up with grains; finally layering it again with one tin of maerua leaves on the top (Source: Noel Sajilo, Zepisa, Dodoma.).
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Jane Kitange
District South Andaman
KVK District NRM Division, CIARI, Port Blair
Address South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Island
Languages Spoken Bengali/Hindi
Vocation Farming
State Andaman and Nicobar Islands
PIN Code 744101
PAS 1 "Traditional farm/village storage methods." http://www.fao.org/3/t1838e/t1838e12.htm
PAS 2 "The Hapur silo in Uttar Pradesh is about 6.7 m in diameter and 23 m in height having a capacity of 500 tonnes. There is a head house having a diameter of 8.5 m and height of 47.3 m. Head houses contain grain elevators, auxilIary tanks, grain cleaning and disinfecting equipment, grain drier and weighing machines. A drying arrangement for reduction of moisture content is also provided. There are provisions for recording temperature fluctuations in the silos aeration and fumigation. It is the only modern storage structure with the government." http://hapur.nic.in/fcisilo.htm
PAS 3 "Farmers indigenously stored pulse grains in earthen mud pots. For safe storage of grains, seeds were filled in earthen pot to its ¾th volume and then remaining top ... [Traditional Storage practices – by C karthikeyan ]" http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/6259/1/IJTK%208(4)%20564-568.pdf
PAS 4 "Bio-efficacy of insecticides against aphid and leaf bug on dodi (Leptadeniareticulata) (Retz.) Wight &Aruott" *https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279492229_Bio-efficacy_of_insecticides_against_aphid_and_leaf_bug_on_dodi_Leptadenia_reticulata_Retz_Wight_Aruott
PAS 5 "Antifeedant and larvicidal activities of hexane, chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts of Clerodendrumphlomidis and Flueggealeucopyrus at 5, 2.5, 1.0 and 0.5% were studied against III instar larvae of Eariasvittella. Hexane extract of F. leucopyrus and chloroform extract of C. phlomidis showed maximum antifeedant activity of 81.00 and 80.48%, respectively at 5% concentration. The least LC50 and LC90 values of 1.21 and 1.36% for hexane extract of F. leucopyrus and 4.96 and 5.11% for chloroform extract of C. phlomidis, respectively. Cent percent larvicidal activity was observed in chloroform extract of C. phlomidis at 5% concentration, while hexane extract of F. leucopyrus recorded at 87.52 and 5% concentration. The LC50 and LC90 values for larvicidal activity ware 0.51 and 1.74% for chloroform extract of C. phlomidis and 1.74 and 4.69% for hexane extract of F. leucopyrus, respectively. No adult emergence was observed at all concentrations of C. phlomidis chloroform extract and at 5 and 2.5% concentrations of F. leucopyrus hexane extract." [C. Muthu, K. Baskar, S. Kingsley and S. Ignacimuthu, 2012. Bioefficacy of Clerodendrumphlomidis Linn. f. and Flueggealeucopyrus (Koen.) Willd. againstEariasvittella Fab.. Journal of Entomology, 9: 332-342. DOI: 10.3923/je.2012.332.342 URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=je.2012.332.342]
Agro Ecological Zone The Islands Region-XV,Port Blair
Other Community Practices "Field peas and lupins stored at temperature of 35oC deteriorate at faster rate compared to high moisture content grains stored at 27oC. Grains stored at 20oC at 13% and 14% moisture content for lupins and field peas are ideal for storage with no loss in grain viability and mould growths during 10 months storage period (Cassells and Armstrong, 1998). Brown beans can be stored safely as long as 370 weeks at low moisture content (11 %) and low storage temperature (5oC), whereas grains stored at high moisture (23 %) and storage temperature (25oC) may last less than a week." http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/storageentrepose/aafc-aac/pfsg-pgef-8-eng.htm
Practice ID KNW0020000000231
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/939
Reference HBN database
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