Problem Statement:

This is eco-friendly method for protection from insect pest, decoction also effective against crabs which otherwise cut the plants at a very tender stage. Source: http://nif.org.in/innovation/mukkadaka_decoction_to_control_hoppers_in_paddy/139

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Detail:

The innovator has an developed an effective bio-control measure against hoppers and other insect pests by using a decoction from a local herb Mukkadaka (Lasiosiphon eriocephalus). Plant brown hopper is a sucking insect pest on paddy. It attacks the leaf of the plant; it will gradually turn to brownish white colour and look as the entire area is burnt. The innovator found found an effective bio-control measure against these hoppers and other insect pests by using a decoction from a local herb Mukkadaka(Lasiosiphone eriocephalus - a common plant in the locality which is very bitter and found to cause burning even a small amount of the extracting falls on the skin).

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: B. S. Dinesh
Address: "Village : Bavikaisaru, Taluka: Thirthanhalli
City: Shimoga
State: Karnataka
PIN Code 577432

Link: To one kg Mukkadaka leaves he added 10 liters water and boiled it. The solution was filtered and diluted with water in 1: 10 ratio and sprayed twice, once during nursery stage and another after transplanting of paddy. Source: http://nif.org.in/innovation/mukkadaka_decoction_to_control_hoppers_in_paddy/139
Manufacturing Capacity: a) Turnkey solution, b) Design Support, c) Sub-contracting, d) Licensing, e) Franchising, f) Any other:
Problem Scale: This is eco-friendly method for protection from insect pest, decoction also effective against crabs which otherwise cut the plants at a very tender stage. Source: http://nif.org.in/innovation/mukkadaka_decoction_to_control_hoppers_in_paddy/139