Detail:

Karmhanbhai Karamshibhai Desai from the Malupur village in the Tharad taluka in Banaskantha district in Gujarat makes use of milk to avoid the rust disease in the wheat crop. Desai immerses the seeds of wheat in milk before sowing. Due to this process the rust disease in the crop is avoided.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Karmhanbhai Karamshibhai Desai
Agro-Ecological Zone: North Gujarat zone and North -West (GJ-4, GJ-5)
Address: Malupur, Tharad, Banaskantha
District: Banaskantha
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 385565

Crop: Wheat
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Triticum spp.)
Crop Vernacular Name: Ghau, Gehu, Ghuiya, Godhi, Kunak
Formulation: Milk
Ingredients: Milk

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PAS 1:

"Essential oils and whole milk in the control of soybean powdery mildew - This research aimed to evaluate the potential of essential oils (EOs) and cow's whole milk (CWM) in order to control soybean powdery mildew and to estimate the most effective concentrations of these natural products in reducing the disease severity on soybean plants."
https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782013001100003

PAS 2:

"Dual role of milk on aphid and powdery mildew control in kale - Powdery mildew (PM) is the most important kale disease and it is more difficult to manage when plantsare simultaneously infested with aphids. In this work, we aimed at evaluating the contribution of asulphur-based fungicide, water, or cow’s milk to control PM as well as the aphids Brevicoryne brassicaeand Myzus persicae on kale under greenhouse conditions. We also assessed in vitro the effect of theproducts mentioned on their selective action on growth of the entomopathogenic fungus and the aphids.Four week-old plants naturally infested with aphids and PM were evaluated for disease severity and aphidcounts. Plants were sprayed weekly with milk (10% v/v), sulphur (2 g/L), or water. From 7 to 28 days afterthe experiment onset (DAEO), plants were evaluated weekly for the disease severity, number of eachaphid species, and number of fungal-colonized dead aphids. Milk and fungicide sprayed on plants reduceddisease (30% and 10%, respectively) compared to the water control (P ≤ 0.001). In addition, B. brassicaepopulation was reduced for the milk but not for the fungicide treatment at 21 DAEO. Surprisingly, the deadaphids were parasitized by a fungus identified as Cladosporium cladosporioides. Moreover, milk treatmentdid not interfere with C. cladosporioides in vitro growth. On the contrary, sulphur, copper oxychloride, andazoxystrobin reduced fungal growth. Additionally, C. cladosporioides, milk, and milk + C. cladosporioidesreduced B. brassicae and M. persicae populations. A dual role of milk on both powdery mildew and aphidcontrol reinforces the usefulness of this product on glasshouse kale production."
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299423011_Dual_role_of_milk_on_aphid_and_powdery_mildew_control_in_kale

PAS 3:

"How milk fights plant disease"
https://www.organiclawndiy.com/2013/08/how-milk-treats-plant-disease.html

PAS 4:

"By-products from milk-processing factories have been proven to kill powdery mildew on zucchini. In many cases, milk is both faster and more effective. After two to three weeks of spraying with milk, the area of leaves infected is, in some cases, only a sixth or less of the area affected on plants treated with chemical fungicide. Crop Prot. (1999) 18, 489."
https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385(99)01529-0#:~:text=In%20many%20cases%2C%20milk%20is,plants%20treated%20with%20chemical%20fungicide.

PAS 5:

"Milk as a fungicide - The mould, Sphaerotheca fuliginea, appears as a powdery white growth on the leaves of cucumbers and zucchini (Cucurbita pepo). It damages the plants and causes the leaves to shrivel up. To date, only chemical fungicides are available. However, by-products from milk-processing factories have been proven to kill powdery mildew on zucchini. In many cases, milk is both faster and more effective. After two to three weeks of spraying with milk, the area of leaves infected is, in some cases, only a sixth or less of the area affected on plants treated with chemical fungicide. Crop Prot. (1999) 18, 489."
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12221012_Milk_as_a_fungicide