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Take 500 gm each of tender leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica), dried spike of sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) and stems of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Pound the ingredients and mix in 1 lit of buttermilk. Stir well and allow to ferment for eight days. Filter the solution and store in a glass bottle. Dilute suitably and spray over armyworm-infested fields and soon the deadly cocktail destroys the caterpillars.


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Maganbhai Ukabhai Bhil
Agro-Ecological Zone: Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3)
Address: Mu. Ingrola, Babra, Amreli
District: Amreli
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 365620

Practice Details

Crop: cotton
Crop Family: Malvaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Gossypium hirsutum)
Crop Vernacular Name: Kapas
Formulation: 500 gm each of tender leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica), dried spike of sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) and stems of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Pound the ingredients and mix in 1 lit of buttermilk. Stir well and allow to ferment for eight days. Filter the solution and store in a glass bottle.
Ingredients: Neem (Azadirachta indica), sorghum (Sorghum vulgare), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum).


PAS 1:

"Armyworm in Cotton Spodoptera frugiperda" :
http://agrilife.org/lubbock/files/2017/07/Fall-Armyworm- 2017-1.pdf



GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/897 - Practice ID: DTP0010000005571

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