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Nagjibhai Jagobhai Bharvad, |
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Vill. Sagwa, Tal. Modasa, |
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Dist. Sabarkantha |
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Gujarat |
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Control of worms in cotton, brinjal, sesame, and chilli. |
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Nagjibhai Jagobhai Bharvad was facing a problem with worms in his crops, specially during the monsoons. Since chemical pesticides were not effective in overcoming the problem, he developed a herbal formulation. 20 kg of congress grass (Parthenium hysterophorus), 5 kg of aakda (Calotropis procera), 5 kg of arni (Clerodendrum phlomidis), 250 g of neem leaves ( Azadirachita indica) and 250 gms of datura (Datura metal)leaves are mixed together in 200 liters of water. The mixture is left for 24 hours and then sprinkled on the fields. It is sprinkled again after a four day interval. He reports a 70 to 80% control of worms through this method.
Nagjibhai is known as a herbal healer in the village and has some knowledge of Ayurveda also. He tried out this remedy for the first time in 1997 when he had a problem with whitefly in his black sesame fields. He found it to be successful and then tried it with the other crops also.
Nagjibhai Jagobhai Bharvad, Vill. Sagwa, Tal. Modasa, Dist. Sabarkantha
Parthenium hysterophorus has worm repealing properties. It is also used to control worms in Mexico and Cuba. Haque, Ke, Roy LPK and Dutta CP 1984,J Indian Chem Soc 61 (1) pp 92. Gil BA, Castillo RM, Mata LG, Lexay EM, Fernandez DF 2000, Estudio Preliminar de Sus Propiedades. Rev Cubana Plant Med 5 3 pp 123-124. Nandakumar NV, Devi YP, Swami KS and Majumder SK 1980, Comp Physiol Ecol 5 : 296-297. |
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Honey Bee, 16(4):15, 2005 |
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16405 |
