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20305 Double transplantation of cauliflower and cabbage
To grow cauliflower and cabbage, the local tribal communities of Sundargarh first grow the seeds on a nursery bed. When the seedlings grow to two leaves, they transplant them in another bed and allow them to grow to six to eight leaves. At this stage, they finally transplant the seedlings in the field. The cabbages and cauliflower crops thus have a healthier growth and the harvest is better than one time transplantation. Tribal farmer Gananatha has been following this method for last five years and has reported good results.
Gananatha Kishan
Gadaruam, Dist. Sundargarh
This is a practice for raising secondary nursery for crops where in seeds are first sown and pulled out when the first pair of leaves are produced. These young seedlings are transplanted to another bed with a wider spacing of five to ten cm. These are then transplanted to the main field along with root masses. (Gopalakrishnan T.R. (2007); Vegetable Crops: 25). Stress on this account apparently improves yield.
20306 Bitter gourd leaves for treating wounds and repelling flies on cattle
When animals get bruises or wounds are left untreated, they get infested with worms. Communities near Talcher grind fresh bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) leaves to prepare a paste and apply it on fresh wounds. This initiates early healing and also repels flies and worms. Prakash, farmer, says that one can even extract juice of the leaves by rubbing them with hand and apply that on the wound. He has successfully treated more than six such cases.
Prakash Sahoo
Pabitra Nagar, Dist Angul
Momordica charantia. possesses very good antibacterial property against 11 gram negative bacilli (Sabahat and Parween, 2005, Pak. J. Bot.; 37(4): 997-1001.) Its fruit powder, in the form of an ointment was evaluated for its wound-healing potential (Prasad V., Jain V., Dugapati G., Dorle A.K., (2007); Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy; 6(3&4): 105-115). Also see HB 6(4), 1995, 8(1):15,1997, 17(1&2):41, 2006.
20307 Kandhia as dewormer
In villages of Puri, Angul and Kalahandi districts, a citrus fruit locally known as kandhia (Citrus aurantium L.) is generally taken with food. But Laxmiben, 49, uses it for de-worming in cattle. She extracts juice of three to four fresh leaves of the plant, adds a pinch of salt to it and gives 150 ml of the juice to the animal. This cleans the stomach of worms and also subsides colic pain. She has dewormed more than 20 calves successfully using this practice.
Laxmiben Behera
Satasankha, Dist. Puri
The plant is employed as a vermifuge for its property of removing worms from the body. (James, A. D. and Judith L.C.; (1993); CRC Handbook of
Alternative Cash Crops). Also see HB 11(3):6, 2000, 16(2):15, 2005, 17(3):15, 2006.
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Honey bee 20 (3), 22, 2009 |
