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Cordia cures, Ankola endures |
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24401 Control of sucking pest and caterpillar
Parbatbhai mixes one kg (each) of leaves of Neem, Annona squamosa L., Datura, and Aloe vera with 250g of onion, 250g red chilli, 250g garlic, and 200g tobacco powder in 10 litres of water. The mixture is then boiled on a low flame in a closed lid container. Later, it is cooled and filtered. He adds about two litres of cow urine and 250g of jaggery and stirs it well. About one litre of this solution is sprayed on the crop. This protects against sucking pests and caterpillars.
Parbatbhai Hajabhai Bhatiya, Kalyanpur Taluka, Jamnagar District
Scout: Kantibhai Dudani
The ingredients used are known to control sucking and chewing pests (Savle A., 2009. accessed at http://etd.uasd.edu/ft/th9885.pdf on September 10, 2013).
24402 Ankola leaves to preserve grains
Vestabhai uses leaves of ankola [Alangium salviifolium Lam.] to preserve grains like maize, sorghum and ragi in his house. Cow dung is smeared on the walls of a bamboo basket and the leaves and grains are arranged in alternate layers. When the basket is full, it is sealed with dung. He says that about one kg of ankola leaves are required for storing 20 kg of grains. The leaves protect the grains from insects. The cap of the storage bin should be sealed with dung every time after taking out the required amount of grains.
Vestabhai B. Dhanak
Chhota Udepur Taluka, Vadodara District
Scout: Himmat B. Rathva
The aqueous leaf extracts of Justicia adhatoda, Acalypha indica, Alpinia galanga, Alangium salviifolium [A. lamarckii], Canthium parviflorum, Solanum torvum, S. nigrum, Tinospora cordifolia, Vitex trifolia and Wrightia tinctoria were used to treat seed samples of some crop species (such as Italian millet, wheat, cowpea and coriander) that were stored by farmers (Rai V. R. and Pradeep A. G., 2007,In Arya A. and Monaco C. I., Eds. Seed borne diseases: eco-friendly management, CAB direct).
24403 Pest control in vegetable and cotton crops
Whatever the crop, cotton or vegetable, there is a common method of pest control. Geetaben of Gujarat takes fresh leaves and roots of Martynia annua L. and dries them in the shade. She pounds them and sprays the powder on the crops to control pests. It is effective on vegetable crops and cotton. About 500g powder is required for a 10m2 plot.
Geetaben Kantilal Solanki
Maliya Taluka, Junagadh District
Scout: Kadviben Jesingbhai Jadav
Extract of Martynia annua has been reported for its anti-feedent activity against hairy caterpillar (Tripathi, A.K. and Rizvi, S.M.A., 1985. Current Science, 54 (13), 630–631).
24404 Increasing produce, controlling chilli crop
This would be of much interest to farmers growing the chilli crop anywhere in the country. Ambabhai of Gujarat takes one kg each of leaves of Azadiracta indica A.Juss., and
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton and also one kg of pieces of Euphorbia nivulia Buch.-Ham. He mixes these with common salt and let these ferment for four to five days. The
filtrate is sprayed on the chilly crop for healthy and increased yield.
Ambabhai Dharmabhai Patel
Dhanera Taluka, Banaskantha District
Scout: Dineshbhai Sonabhai Patel
Azadirachta indica, Euphorbia nivulia and Calotropis procera are widely reported for their pesticidal, insecticidal and antifungal property against agricultural pests and pathogenic fungi. Azadirachta indica and Calotropis procera are also known for their growth-stimulating activity. For more cactus-related practices, see Honey Bee, 3(2):19, 1992; 3(3&4) 3: 1992; 5(3):14, 1994; 6(4):10, 1995; 7(3):10, 1996; 10(1): 6,1999; 13(2): 8, 2002; 21(2), 9, 2010.
24405 Herbal preparation for rat control in fields
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Kansarabhai makes a bolus of Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb seeds and jowar (Sorghum vulgare) flour. He keeps the bolus near the burrows of rats. The smell or taste of the bolus keeps the rats away from the field.
Kansarabhai Gajalabhai Chaudhary
Umarpada Taluka, Surat District
Scout: Ramubhai Fajubhai Chaudhary
The leaf extract of Caesalpinia bonduc increased fear in rats during experiments (Sagar, L. and Vidyasagar, G.M., 2010. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 1(1), 1-15. www.ijpbs.net/4.pdf accessed on May 15, 2013). For other practices used to control rats, see Honey Bee, 2(1):16, 1991.
24406 Treatment of prolapsed uterus
Often, an infection in the womb, internal heat or swelling of the womb during or after pregnancy causes a prolapse of the uterus in animals. Ishwarbhai dries and burns sorghum and leaves of Cordia dichotoma G. Forst. (Gundi). About 500g of this ash is sieved, drenched and then fed to the affected animal with fodder or jaggery water for two days. It helps in controlling prolapse of the uterus. A seating arrangement is to be made for the affected animal so that their hind limbs remain high. Apart from this, indhoni can be attached to the bladder.
Ishwarbhai Tribhuvanbhai Patel
Hanvad Taluka, Surendranagar District
Scout: Ketan V. Sur
Cordia dichotoma is called Gunda or Tenti in Hindi and Lasura in Nepali(Hussain and Kakoti 2013). Leaves of Cordia dichotoma are used for ulcers, prolapsed uterus and headache. http://www.sristi.org/wsa/pub/ nature _heals_ august_2005.pdf. The anti-inflammatory property of Cordia is known (Sharma, U.S., Sharma, U.K., Sutar, N., Singh, A. and Shukla, D.K., 2010. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2(1): 1-4). Also see Honey Bee 20(2); 2009.
24407 Manguben’s balm for wounds of animals
Manguben found it the hard way that when animal wounds do not heal for a long time, it may be because of flies laying eggs or worms infesting the wound. To heal the wounds of domestic animals, she gently applies the juice of arni (Clerodendrum phlomidis L.f.) leaves with cotton on the affected area. The animals get relief soon. Manguben also observed that if the wounded animal is fed leaves of arni with grass/fodder for two to three days, the healing takes place much faster.
Chaudhary Manguben Babaabhai
Satalpur, Idar Taluka, Sabarkantha District
Scout: Jayesh V. Patel
Also see Honey Bee, 9(1):15, 1998. Clerodendrum phlomidis is known for its wound-healing property. (Pandey et al., 2012.Int. J. Med. Plants. Res. Vol. 1 (5): 55-57). For other uses of Clerodendrum phlomidis, see Honey Bee, 3(2):21, 1992.
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