Termite In Wheat Crop
About the Practice
Termite is the common problem in wheat (Triticum aestivium) crop cultivated under light soils. The termite infested wheat plant gets withered and uprooted, ultimately affecting the yield of crop. To prevent the termite infestation in wheat crop, seeds of wheat are treated with the leaf extract of wind killer plant before sowing. About, 500 g leaves of wind killer (Clerodendrum phlomidis) plant are crushed with 200 ml water to get an extract. This extract is sufficient for treating 20 kg seeds of wheat. The wheat seeds are spread on the ground and the seeds are treated with wind killer extract by moving the seeds up and down. After this treatment the seeds are allowed to dry in shade and then after sown. The wheat seeds are treated with wind killer extract two to three hours prior to sowing. This prevents termite infestation in wheat crop.
About the Innovator
Agro-Ecological Zone: North Gujarat zone and North -West (GJ-4, GJ-5)
Address: Goda, Palanpur, Banaskantha
District: Banaskantha
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 385555
Practice Details
Crop: Wheat
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Triticum spp.)
Crop Vernacular Name: Gehun, Godhi, arupa, bahudugdha, godhuma, godumai, godumbaiyarisi, godumalu
Formulation: liquid solution of 500 g leaves of wind killer (Clerodendrum phlomidis) plant are crushed with 200 ml water to get an extract. This extract is sufficient for treating 20 kg seeds of wheat.
Ingredients: leaves of wind killer (Clerodendrum phlomidis)
PAS 1:
"Anti-termite efficacy of plants selected from the SRISTI database of Grassroots Innovations - In this study, eight plant species being used by about 47 innovators in different forms for termite control in the field conditions were selected for efficacy evaluation. Herbal formulations were developed from the aqueous extracts of Clerodendrum phlomidis, Lantana camara, ristolochia bracteata, Solanum surattense, Calotropis procera, Ipomoea fistulosa, milky latex of Euphorbia irucalli and oil of Ricinus communis. Primary screening of the extracts, oil and milky latex shows that C.procera, L.camara, A.bracteata, R.communis (oil) and E.tirucalli (latex) are having significant effects and 100% mortality was recorded in termite population."
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262534596_Anti-termite_efficacy_of_plants_selected_from_the_SRISTI_database_of_Grassroots_Innovations