Insect Pest In Corn Crop
About the Practice
To save the corn crop from the insect pest, the branches of jatropha and swallow wart are cut and brought to the infested corn field. Branches are placed at intervals of four to five feet on the border of the affected field. The branches should be two feet high. If the collection of branches available is not of the desired height, then branches of one and a half feet height could be used at closer intervals. This saves the Corn crop. Placing these branches just once controls the insects and saves the crop.
About the Innovator
Agro-Ecological Zone: Madhya Bharat plateau Western Malwa plateau, Eastern Gujarat plain, Vindhyan and Satpura range and Narmada Valley hot, moist semi-arid eco-subregion
Address: Lakhanpur, Fatepura, Dahod, Gujarat
District: Dahod
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 389190
Practice Details
Crop: Corn
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Zea mays)
Crop Vernacular Name: bhutta, maize, makka, makai
Ingredients: branches of jatropha, branches of swallow wart
PAS 1:
"He spread 25 pounds of sugar, mixed with water, on his corn plants”
https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=6705&page=1&search_case=corn%20pest
"About 5-7 persons in a row of maize crop move from one side of the field to the other in the direction of wind by keeping leaves of `Dhumas' (Combretumovalifolium) on their back whose smell forces Sunga to fly away.”
https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=400&page=14&search_case=pest%20in%20corn
"Metarhizium anisopliae Seed Treatment Increases Yield of Field Corn When Applied for Wireworm Control”
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2134/agronj2007.0017N