Detail:

Soak cotton seeds in water a night before the sowing operation. Treat these soaked seeds by the soil which is collected from the termite burrow. Some cotton growing farmers immerse the seeds in kerosene oil before sowing. Farmers from the Kalasar village in the Surendranagar taluka in the Surendranagar district in Gujarat treat water soaked cotton seeds by the soil collected from the termite burrow for better germination. They soak cotton seeds in water a night before the sowing operation. These soaked seeds are treated by the soil which is collected from the termite burrow. Some cotton growing farmers from the aird Banaskantha district immerse the seeds in kerosene oil before sowing.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Documented by Narsinhbhai S Sakaria
Agro-Ecological Zone: North West Zone (GJ-5), North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Address: Kharva, Surendranagar
District: Surendranagar
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 363030

Crop: Cotton
Crop Family: Mallows
Crop Scientific Name: (Gossypium spp.)
Crop Vernacular Name: Kapas
Formulation: Kerosene oil
Ingredients: Water, soil collected from termite burrow and kerosene.

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PAS 1:

"Some seeds of vegetable crops may be treated with some kind of repellent material like camphor or kerosene so that the strong smell will keep the white ants away." -
http://oer.nios.ac.in/wiki/index.php/Seed_Treatment

PAS 2:

"Paraffin, also called kerosene is used by small-scale soya bean farmers. The efficacy of a petroleum spray oil against Aphis gossypii Glover on cotton." -
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-impact-of-paraffin-on-germination-of-selected-Kadende/de8986b3019935bda3bf5fa47bb64d13a15d2917