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Ahmadbhai Daudbhai Ghanchi |
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Vill: Deshad, Tal: Valiya, Dist: Bharuch |
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Bharuch |
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Gujarat |
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India |
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| Category |
Pest Management |
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| Title |
Insect Pest Control - Pigeonpea and cotton - Extract of `Naffatiya' Leaves |
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| Abstract |
About 1 to 1.5 kg of leaves of `Naffatiya' (Ipomea fistulosa) are crushed and boiled in water. Filtrate of resulted suspension is used as insecticide after mixing 15 ml of extract in 15 litres of water in pigeon pea crop to control the insect pest population.Sometimes tobacco leaves are also mixed with it. This type of mixture is more effective than the commercial synthetic pyrethroides. |
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The use of `Naffatiya' (Ipomea fistulosa) is extensive in the area near Valiya, (Dist. Bharuch) where these plants can be found in abundance. However, this species is scattered throughout India. It grows on roadsides, low lying area and on farm boundaries. People use this species to make hedge around the field for protecting crop against stray animals as it is never eaten by any animal. About 1 to 1.5 kg leaves of this plants are collected and crushed in a container and then boiled in water (10-12 liters) till half the volume is vapourised. Resulted suspension is filtered through cotton cloth and used as insecticide. About 15 ml. of extract is mixed with 15 litres water and sprinkled over the pigeonpea crop to control the insect-pest population. Sometimes tobacco leaves are also mixed with it and according to users this type of mixture is more effective than the commercial synthetic pyrenthroides available in the market. This method does not have any ill-effect on the crop. It requires a lot of labour to prepare the extract. Treated plants are not used for human or animal consumption till 36-8 hours. This method is equally effective in any crop against almost all insect pests, however, its use is entensive for cotton and pigeonpea during the months of October and November. This practice is in use for the last ten years and almost every farmer in this area is using it. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee, 3(2):17, 1992. |
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| Sout |
Kirit K. Patel |
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| Call Number |
036/3205.1(a) |
