Ramjan Bashis Badrani of Junagadh district in Gujarat uses the leaf extract of Kahithapu or paperflower (Bougainvillea glabra)to control the damping-off disease in tomato nursery. Mix 20 millilitres of leaf extract in one litre of water. Soak the seeds in it for six hours.
Crop: Tomato
Crop Family: Solanaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Solanum lycopersicum)
Crop Vernacular Name: Tameta
Formulation: Mix 20 millilitres of leaf extract in one litre of water.
Ingredients: The leaf extract of Kahithapu or paperflower (Bougainvillea glabra) and water.
"Evaluation of Bougainvillea glabra (Nyctaginaceae) leaf extract and chitin synthesis inhibitor, flufenoxuron against Spodoptera mauritia BOISD. (
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http://www.ijpab.com/form/2015%20Volume%203,%20issue%204/IJPAB-2015-3-4-147-153.pdf
"CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF AN EXTRACT FROM BOUGAINVILLEA X BUTTIA(VAR. ROSE) HOLTTUM AND STANDL" -
https://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijpps/article/view/16190/9987