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| Record No. |
1 |
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| Name |
Gemalsinh Mohansinh Rana |
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| Address |
Vill:Deshad, Tal:Valiya |
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| District |
Bharuch |
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| State |
Gujarat |
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| Title of Practice |
Control of `Lashkari' |
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| Summary of Practice |
Farmers spray kerosene oil on the cotton crop at night to control larvae (locally known as Lashkari). |
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| Innovation Details |
Farmers spray kerosene oil on the cotton crop at night to control larvae (locally knows as `Lashkari'). Farmers believe that this pest remain in soil cracks during the day and attacks the crop at night. It attacks crops like cotton, lucerne in a cluster like an army brigade or formation. This might have been the reason giving it the name `Lashkari'. Some farmers mix kerosene in the irrigation water. They make a hole in the bottom of a tin of kerosene and hang it on the top of a water channel in such a fashion that the tin drops kerosene slowly at regular speed and uniform suspension goes to the plot gradually. They believe that this is more effective than spraying because it kills all the larvae hidden in the soil cracks. Farmers realize that this practice also kills some of the beneficial organisms living in the soil. This practice is in use for more than 50 years and a large number of farmers are still using it. |
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| Database Reference |
Honey Bee, 3(1):16, 1992 |
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| Name of Communicator |
Kadivala, U.A. |
