About the Practice
Detail:

Farmers from Karnataka treat seeds with kerosene to protect them from ants. Ants relish cucumber and bean seeds leading to poor germination. Thus to avoid these losses, farmers dip the seeds in kerosene and then sow them.


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Documented by Hittalagida: Kannada version of Honey Bee
Address:
State: Karnataka
PIN Code 560063

Practice Details

Crop: Cucumber, beans
Crop Family: Cucurbaticae, Fabaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Cucumis sativus), (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Crop Vernacular Name: Cucumber- kakdi, sosha, Beans-french beans, green beans, falia
Ingredients: Kerosene

PAS 1:

"Ecofriendly pest control in cucumber with botanical pesticides." A. K. Azad., A. Sardar, N. Yesmin, M. Rahman and S. Islam.(2013).Ecofriendly pest control in cucumber with botanical pesticides.Natural Resources, 2013, 4, 404-409
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276493868_Eco-Friendly_Pest_Control_in_Cucumber_Cucumis_sativa_L_Field_with_Botanical_Pesticides


GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/708 - Practice ID: KNW0010000000822
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