Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
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5. BOTANICAL ALTERNATIVES<br />
IN PLANT PROTECTION<br />
Nature has provided a pest control system, which needs to be<br />
preserved. Diversity has an important role <strong>in</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g an ecological balance. Some of the NPM practices that<br />
are based on observ<strong>in</strong>g and creat<strong>in</strong>g diversity are mixed or multi<br />
cropp<strong>in</strong>g techniques which <strong>in</strong>clude <strong>in</strong>sect repell<strong>in</strong>g plants, perennial<br />
trees and grasses; and preparation of bio-pesticides from different<br />
plant materials such as Milea azadrichta, Vitex negundo, calotropis<br />
gigantean, Pongamea glabra etc.<br />
5.1 Methods of Preparation<br />
Method – 1<br />
Ingredients:<br />
• Pods of Datura [Datura sirumarium] 1 kg<br />
• Seeds of Arali [Nerium oleander] 1 kg<br />
• Tobacco waste 1 kg<br />
• Lime [diluted calcium Carbonate] 250 g<br />
• Cow Ur<strong>in</strong>e 5 lit<br />
• Mud pot (10 ltr capacity) 1 No.<br />
Preparation Method:<br />
The pods of Datura to be f<strong>in</strong>ely powdered; the seeds of Arali<br />
pounded well. The Tobacco waste and lime to be added to the<br />
above mixture, add 5 lit of cow ur<strong>in</strong>e and put all <strong>in</strong> a mud pot.<br />
The mud pot is covered with a lid and buried <strong>in</strong>side the manure<br />
pit / soil for 7 days.
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