About the Practice
Detail:

The practice of keeping cut branches of Calotropis (Calotropis spp.) at the entrance of rain water channel in the field minimizes the striga population.


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Haribhai Devjibhai Patel
Agro-Ecological Zone: Arid western Plains (5.1), Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), South Saurashtra Zone (GJ.7)
Address: Bagadu, Mendaradu, Junagadh
District: Junagadh
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 362263

Practice Details

Crop: Calotropis
Crop Family: Apocynaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Calotropis sp.)
Crop Vernacular Name: Aankado
Formulation: Kept at the entrance of the rain water channel
Ingredients: Branches of Calotropis


PAS 1:


http://biblio.iita.org/documents/U97ManBernerStrigaNothomNodev.pdf-b0b149c01688dc15e0fa56d72fc89ccc.pdf

PAS 2:


https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJPS/article-full-text-pdf/340D9F448876



GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/307 - Practice ID: (Honey Bee, 3(1):11, 1992)

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