About the Practice
Detail:

Shankarbhai Lallubhai Vasava of the Kagdipura village in the Vaghodiya taluka of Baroda district in Gujarat reduces the infestation of Kasiya or bajra beetle in the crop of bajra or sorghum using a spray made from country wine or kerosene. This controls the pest and the crop is saved.


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Shankarbhai Lallubhai Vasava
Agro-Ecological Zone: Middle Gujarat Agroclimatic Zone (GJ-3)
Address: Kagdipura, Vaghodiya, Baroda
District: Vadodara
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 391760

Practice Details

Crop: Pearl Millet
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Pennisetum glaucum)
Crop Vernacular Name: Bajra (Hindi, Urdu, Panjabi) Sajje (Kannada), Kambu (Tamil), Kambam (Malyalam), Sajjalu (Telugu), Bajri (Rajasthani, Gujarati and Marathi).
Formulation: Spray country wine or kerosene on bajra (Sorghum) crop.
Ingredients: Country wine or kerosene

PAS 1:

"Handpick the gregarious caterpillars and the cocoons which are found on stem and destroy them in kerosene mixed water. "
https://www.farmer.gov.in/imagedefault/ipm/Cumin%20%20IPM%20package%20(09-08-2014).pdf

PAS 2:

"The Use of Chlorinated Petrol, Petkolin, as a Pesticide" -
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04345546909415322?journalCode=ttpm17


GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/631 - Practice ID: KNW0010000000269
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