Detail:

Ambarambhai Sanghani from the Surendranagar district in Gujarat, mixes common salt with natural manure and spreads it evenly in his farm for better yield of cotton. Ambarambhai Sanghani from the Surendranagar district in Gujarat learnt this from his forefathers. He mixes 20 to 25 kilogrammes of common salt with about 10 cart loads of natural manure and spreads it evenly in his farm during the month of May (Jyeshtha–Vaishakh). Sanghanis farm yeilded 200 kilogrammes of cotton produce per bigha (0.25 hectare of land). He believes that the manure increases the crop‟s resistance to pests. Mix 20 to 25 kilogrammes of common salt with about 10 cart loads of natural manure and spread it evenly in the cotton farm during the month of May (Jyeshtha–Vaishakh).

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Ambarambhai Tulsibhai Sanghani
Agro-Ecological Zone: Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3)
Address:
District: Surendranagar
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 363310

Crop: Cotton
Crop Family: Malvaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Gossipium herbaceum)
Crop Vernacular Name: Kapas
Ingredients: Common salt and natural manure.

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PAS 1:

"Whiteflies"
http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PDF/PESTNOTES/pnwhiteflies.pdf

PAS 2:

"Pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungi against the aphid and the whitefly species on crops grown under greenhouse conditions in India"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41938-020-00287-0