Detail:

Plant the basil (Ocimum santum) plant throughout the mango orchard. Popatji Thonaji Thakor of the Una Nesda village in the Deesa taluka in Banaskantha district in Gujarat plants basil (Ocimum santum) to deter the appearance of a fruitfly in the mango fruit. Mango is vulnerable to a fruitfly, locally known as Falmakhi that injures the fruit and causes premature drop. The infested fruits are disposed of by burial. Thakor plants the basil (Ocimum santum) plant throughout the mango orchard to deter the appearance of the pest.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Popatji Thonaji Thakor
Agro-Ecological Zone: North Gujarat zone and North -West (GJ-4, GJ-5)
Address: Juna Nesda, Deesa
District: Deesa
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 385530

Crop: Mango
Crop Family: Cashews
Crop Scientific Name: (Mangifera indica)
Crop Vernacular Name: Keri, Aam, Heinou, Mamidi, Ambo
Ingredients: The basil (Ocimum santum) plant.

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PAS 1:

"A simple mechanism using crushed tulsi leaves, Ocimum sanctum L. is found to attract the flies of B. dorsalis, if they are present in and around the vegetable and mango growing fields." -
https://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2020/vol8issue1/PartF/7-6-104-374.pdf Management of fruit flies in mango, guava and vegetables by using basil plants (Ocimum sanctum L.) as attractant

PAS 2:

"Efficacy of different attractants for management of fruit flies infesting mango in Konkan region"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328341442_Efficacy_of_different_attractants_for_management_of_fruit_flies_infesting_mango_in_Konkan_region

PAS 3:

"Role of tulsi plant (Ocimum sanctum) in control of mango fruitfly, Dacus correctus Bezzi (
Tephritidae: Diptera) [1976]" -
https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201303050776