Pest Control In Cotton Crop
About the Practice
Dissolve jiggery into water 1 kg for 1 acre in 15 l of water and spray it over the field. It will attract the Ants and they will eat larvae of insects.
About the Innovator
Agro-Ecological Zone: Middle Gujarat Agroclimatic Zone (GJ-3)
Address: Dabhoi, Vadodara, Gujarat
District: Vadodara
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 391110
Practice Details
Crop: Cotton
Crop Family: Malvaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Gossypium hirsutum)
Crop Vernacular Name: Ruyi
Formulation: Liquid
Ingredients: Jaggery, water
PAS 1:
"Ants positively impact agricultural systems by rapidly consuming large numbers of pest insects, disturbing pests during feeding and oviposition, and increasing soil quality and nutrients. ... Naturally occurring ant species in milpas, mango, citrus, coconut, cashews, and cotton control many pest insects. " [Choate, Beth & Drummond, Francis. (2011). Ants as biological control agents in agricultural cropping systems. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 4. 157-180. 10.1163/187498311X571979.]
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233526783_Ants_as_biological_control_agents_in_agricultural_cropping_systems