Protection Of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum Typhoides) From Grasshoppers Titighoda
About the Practice
Ajowan caraway (Trachyspermum ammi) is burnt in four or five places in the farm because the smoke drives away grasshoppers.
About the Innovator
Agro-Ecological Zone: Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) : Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) : Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) : North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Address: Nadia, Chotila
District: Surendranagar
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 363520
Practice Details
Crop: Pearl Millet
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Pennisetum typhoides)
Crop Vernacular Name: Bajra, Bajri, Bajro
Formulation: The smoke of Ajowan caraway (Trachyspermum ammi)
Ingredients: Smoke of carom (Trachyspermum ammi)
PAS 1:
"In both economic and ecological terms, a classical biological control agent that becomes established and exerts a controlling influence on a pest over an indefinite time period is the ideal control agent."
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.ento.46.1.667
"Farmer participatory development of a control strategy for the Variegated grasshopper with a biopesticide in the northern Mono, Benin."
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hugo_De_Groote/publication/267770159_Farmer_participatory_development_of_a_control_strategy_for_the_Variegated_grasshopper_with_a_biopesticide_in_the_northern_Mono_Benin/links/551b9f740cf2bb754078d66b.pdf
"Pest management practices used by the farmers are cultural and chemical control methods."
http://agro.icm.edu.pl/agro/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-34fc1775-6448-4711-a60f-9c42ddd1d760