Detail:

Beema Reddy of Navalgund taluka in Dharwad district of Karnataka controls grain smut in sorghum by soaking the seeds in cow urine before sowing. Beema Reddy, a farmer from Navalgund taluka, Dharwad district, of Karnataka, learnt a method,from his father, of controlling grain smut in sorghum. Grain smut is a perennial problem in the sorghum-dominated northern Karnataka.Just before sowing, Beema takes the sorghum seeds and soaks them in cow urine for two to three minutes, and immediately dries them under the sun. As soon as the seeds are dried in the sun,he sows them. According to Beema, this is a sure method of control of the sorghum pest. Just before sowing, farmer Beema Reddy takes the sorghum seeds and soaks them in cow urine for two to three minutes, and immediately dries them under the sun. As soon as the seeds are dried in the sun, he sows them. According to Beema, this is a sure method of control of the sorghum pest.Caution This natural treatment enables farmer Beema Reddy to control grain smut in sorghum crops

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Documented by Kannada Version of Honey Bee
Agro-Ecological Zone: North Sahyadris and Western Karnataka Plateau , hot dry sub humid ecosubregion (6.4)
Address: Navalgund
District: Ahmedabad
State: Karnataka
PIN Code 560007

Crop: Sorghum
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Sorghum bicolor)
Crop Vernacular Name: jowari / jowar
Ingredients: Cow urine

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PAS 1:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Somanagouda_Patil/publication/313507497_Effect_of_grain_smut_incidence_on_crop_growth_seed_yield_and_quality_parameters_of_Rabi_sorghum/links/589ca2d945851573881be8ca/Effect-of-grain-smut-incidence-on-crop-growth-seed-

PAS 2:

http://www.thebioscan.in/Journal%20Supplement/82Sup17%20RAKESH%20C.%20MATHAD.pdf

PAS 3:

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/211009353.pdf#page=55