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Chamadiyabhai Jesalabhai Vasava |
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Vill:Mohbi, Tal:Dadiapada, Dist:Bharuch |
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Bharuch |
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| Category |
Maize |
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| Title |
Inect Pest Control - Maize: Use of furit of `Simta'. |
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| Abstract |
Fruits of `Simta' vine (2-3 kgs.) are cut in to small pieces and mixed with water (10-12 litres) in a container and stirred well. Filtered suspension is sprinkled over the maize crop to control larval insect pest. |
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Fruits (2-3 kgs.) of `Simta' vine are cut into small pieces and mixed with water (10-12 litres) in a container and stirred well. After a few minutes, the suspension is filtered through cotton cloth. Filtered suspension is sprinkled over the maize crop with the help of bamboo leaves/small branches to control the insect pest infestation. Suspension is extremely bitter in taste. Tribal people use this fruit because it has an extremely pungent taste. Maize is susceptible to larval insect pest which damage leaf, pollen and cob. They do not have any idea that this suspension either kills the insect pest or keeps away the pest by acting as a repellent. Sometimes these fruits are used to cure endo-parasite infecting intenstine of calf. This endoparasite is locally known as `Karmiya'. Approximately 4-5 fruits are fed with grass to the suffering calf fo 4-6 days continuously. `Simta' is creeper and bears oblong green fruit. It fruits during August to June. It grows in the hedge, This area is covered by extremely dense forest and hill. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee,3(2):19, 1992 |
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| Sout |
Kirit K. Patel |
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| Call Number |
3205.5(a) |
