Detail:

Incorporate common salt in the soil for controlling wilt disease in the pigeonpea crop. Alternatively plant the branches of Sinara and Phanas or Jack fruit (Artocarpus hetrophyllus) in paddy fields for eight days to do the same. Shabbirhusain U Shaikh of the Balasinor Gujarat makes use of common salt to control the wilt disease in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). Shaikh incorporates common salt in the soil for controlling wilt disease, which is locally known as Sukara, in the pigeonpea crop. Alternatively the farmers of South Gujarat plant the branches of Sinara and Phanas or Jack fruit (Artocarpus hetrophyllus) in paddy fields for eight days to avoid or control the wilt disease. But some farmers have doubts about the effectiveness of the treatment.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Shabbirhusain U Shaikh
Agro-Ecological Zone: South Gujarat Heavy Rainfall area (GJ-1)
Address: Balasinor, Vasanda, (Ghodmal), Navsari
District: Navsari
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 396580

Crop: Pigeonpea
Crop Family: Fabaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Cajanus cajan)
Crop Vernacular Name: Arhar, Tuvar, Chori, Tuver, Tur, Tur Daal
Formulation: Salt
Ingredients: Common salt, the branches of Sinara and Phanas or Jack fruit (Artocarpus hetrophyllus)

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PAS 1:

"Plants growing at excess soil moisturefor long periods or under salty conditions also are more susceptible toPhytopthora infection."
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:oQG5tZLf8XsJ:https://www.ncipm.res.in/NCIPMPDFs/publish/Pest%2520of

PAS 2:

"Ramaiah and Garampalli reported in 2015 antifungal efficacy of fifteen plant extracts (Tamarindus indicus), (Eucalyptus globus), (Solanum indicum), (Oxalis latifolia), (Agave americana), (Pongamia glabra), (Tridax procumbens), (Parthinium hysterophorus), (Azadirachta indica), (Ficus religiosa), (Riccinus communis), (Nerum oleander), (Cissus quadrangularis), (Artocarpus heterophyllus) and (Allium cepa) against (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.) Lycopersici by poisoined food technique at four different concentrations (10%, 20%, 40% and 60%). Three plant viz. (Solanum indicum), (Azadirachta indica) and (Oxalis latifolia) proved to be potential in inhibiting the growth of the test fungus."
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/226227/5/ch-2.pdf