Detail:

About five kilogram of ripe neem berries are collected and dried in the sun. Pounded in a mortar and added with two kilogram of cows urine and two kilogram of water. The mixture is kept for four to five days in the wet condition. The mixture is filtered and the filtrate is used as a stock solution. About 250 g of this filtrate is mixed with 15 L of water and sprayed on the pest infested cotton field. Boll worms get destroyed by this remedy.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Nanjibhai Chhaganbhai Detroja
Agro-Ecological Zone: Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia
Address: Mu. Surajdeval, Chotila, Surendranagar, Gujarat.
District: Surendranagar
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 363520

Crop: Cotton
Crop Family: Malvaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Gossypium spp.)
Crop Vernacular Name: Rui, Tulo, Kapas, Hatti, patti.
Formulation: 5kg of neem berries is added to two kilograms of cow urine and water. 250 gm of the filtrate prepared is added to 15 l of water.
Ingredients: neem (Azadirachta indica) seeds, cow urine

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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

PAS 2:

Major pests of cotton
http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/crop_prot_crop_insectpest%20_cotton.html

PAS 3:

Cotton Pest Management Guide 2019-20
https://www.cottoninfo.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/CPMG%202019-20.pdf

PAS 4:

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

PAS 5:

Insects and pest management for cotton crop
https://www.krishisewa.com/articles/disease-management/323-cotton-ipm.html