Locust In Pearl Millet Crop
About the Practice
To control this pest, leaf extract of wind killer plant is applied to the seeds of pearl millet before sowing. It is noted that the pest donot attack the seed treated plants. Leaves of Wind killer plant being bitter in taste is very useful in crop protectio
About the Innovator
Agro-Ecological Zone: Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia
Address: Sapar, Chotila, Surendranagar, Gujarat
District: Surendranagar
State: Surendranagar
PIN Code 363520
Practice Details
Crop: Pearl Millet crop
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Pennisetum glaucum)
Crop Vernacular Name: bulrush millet, cattail millet, candle millet, kambu, Bajra
Ingredients: leaves of wind killer (Clerodendrum phlomidis) plant, water
PAS 1:
"In both economic and ecological terms, a classical biological control agent that becomes established and exerts a controlling influence on a pest over an indefinite time period is the ideal control agent."
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.ento.46.1.667
"Farmer participatory development of a control strategy for the Variegated grasshopper with a biopesticide in the northern Mono, Benin. "
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hugo_De_Groote/publication/267770159_Farmer_participatory_development_of_a_control_strategy_for_the_Variegated_grasshopper_with_a_biopesticide_in_the_northern_Mono_Benin/links/551b9f740cf2bb754078d66b.pdf
"Pest management practices used by the farmers are cultural and chemical control methods."
http://agro.icm.edu.pl/agro/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-34fc1775-6448-4711-a60f-9c42ddd1d760