Heliothis In Cotton
About the Practice
To prevent the infestation, use three kilogram whole plant of yellow berried night shed plant along with the fruits, one and half kilogram fruits of nepal ebony and one kilogram tender leaves of neem tree, which are crushed together and then fifteen liters of water is added to the mixture. The mixture is boiled, till five liters of extract remains. Thereafter, 200 ml of extract is added in fifteen liters of water into the spraying pump. The mixture is sprayed on the cotton crop at the interval of eight days. Spray four to five pumps in 0.24 ha of land. After 45 days of sowing, the flower initiation takes place at that time, the extract is applied to the crop. By this treatment, 80 per cent result is obtained.
About the Innovator
Agro-Ecological Zone: North Gujarat plain (Inclusive of Aravalli range and East Rajasthan Uplands) hot, dry, semi – arid eco-subregion
Address: Sabarkantha, Gujarat
District: Sabarkantha
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 383001
Practice Details
Crop: Cotton
Crop Family: Malvaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Gossypium spp)
Crop Vernacular Name: Rui, Tulo, Kapas, Hatti, patti.
Ingredients: plant of yellow berried night shed plant, fruits of nepal ebony, tender leaves of neem, water, pump
PAS 1:
"Speed of germination and Germination percentage (78 and 83.25%) respectively and were highest in Cow urine”
https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2017/vol6issue3/PartM/6-3-129-451.pdf
"Major pests of cotton"
http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/crop_prot_crop_insectpest%20_cotton.html
Cotton Pest Management Guide 2019-20
https://www.cottoninfo.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/CPMG%202019-20.pdf
The concept of integrated pest management (IPM) is discussed in this paper and its large scale application throughout the country has been recommended. The benefits derived from IPM, directly or indirectly, are long-lasting, economical and ecofriendly."
see: Sundaramurthy, V. T., &Gahukar, R. T. (1998). Integrated Management of Cotton Insect Pests in India. Outlook on Agriculture, 27(4), 261–269.
https://doi.org/10.1177/003072709802700409
Insects and pest management for cotton crop
https://www.krishisewa.com/articles/disease-management/323-cotton-ipm.html