Juice is extracted by crushing leaves of Kidamari, flower and leaves of arni. The seeds of Great millet are coated with this juice before sowing them.
Crop: Great millet
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Sorghum vulgare)
Crop Vernacular Name: Jwaarie, jowar, jola, jondhalaa
Formulation: Total 250 gm juice by crushing 500 gm leaves of Kidamari,100 gm flower of arni and 250 gm leaves of arni .
Ingredients: Leaves of worm killer keedamari (Aristolochia bracteata), flower and leaves of wind killer arani (Clerodendron phlomidis)
"The most effective and economical control of ergot and smut is host plant resistance.
http://oar.icrisat.org/3979/1/CP_PM_Erg_Smut_1986_173-182.pdf
"Loose smut of wheat caused by Ustilago segetum var. tritici was controlled almost completely through seed treatment with any of the bioagents like (Trichoderma viride), (T. harzianum), (Pseudomonas fluorescence) and (Gliocladium virens) in combination with vitavax @ 0.125% during three years of trial from 1996 to 1998."
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.913.6326&rep=rep1&type=pdf