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Pragajibhai Gohel of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat uses jaggery solution to the control larval pest in the bajra (pearl millet) crop. Pragajibhai Gohel, a farmer of Bhavnagar district of Gujarat lost about 25 per cent of his crop due to the attack of larval pest. The pest attacks at the ear head of bajra (pearl millet) crop, eating away the grains at the milk stage in the kharif season. Four years ago, when the crop was infested with the pest, Gohel took 500 gm of jaggery, which he dissolved in ten litres of water, and then sprayed it on the ear head of the crop. He was surprised that the pest did not appear again.Gohel was not sure just how the treatment was effective, but thought that perhaps the jiggery attracted the ants and other predators which then attacked the larvae which were damaging his bajra crop.500 grams of jaggery is dissolved in water and the mixture is sprayed on the ear head of thebajra pearl millet) crop.Caution Pragajibhai Gohel's innovation for the control of larval pest in the bajra (pearl millet) crop,which involves spraying jaggery dissolved in water on the ear head of the crop, a cheap and simple remedy, ensured that the pest did not return.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Pragajibhai Bhikhabhai Gohel
Agro-Ecological Zone: Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1)
Address: Bhavnagar
District: Ahmedabad
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 364001

Crop: Bajra (pearl millet)
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Pennisetum glaucum)
Crop Vernacular Name: bajra
Formulation: 500 gm of jaggery is dissolved in water and the mixture is sprayed on the ear head of the Method of Use bajra (pearl millet) crop.
Ingredients: Jaggery and water

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