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dimethoate (Rogor), chlorpyriphos, fenvalerate to manage this pest.
APHID For the control of aphid, he sprayed dimethoate in the initial stage of the
crop.
SMOOTH GOURD He has grown smooth gourd at a distance of 2m between two rows and 1m
between two plants. According to him this is also a remunerative crop but it gives
income for shorter period (4 months) compared to small gourd. He is growing this crop
since 10 years. He said this crop is mainly infested by fruit fly. He also observed
damage up to 40-50% in this crop. He has sprayed insecticides viz., monocrotophos,
Nuvan (DDVP), endosulfan. He also hung the methyl eugenol traps suggested by a shop
keeper.
BAJRA He is growing this crop for family consumption and fodder is utilized for
cattle and buffaloes. He said that there is no pest problem in this crop.
FENUGREEK AND CORIANDER Both of these are leafy vegetables and also short duration
crops. After up-rooting the plants, he sells the produce in the market and earns
money. He said both of these crops has no pest problem.
#A006 DATE 3/10/03 TEAM RCJ/DBS Village Hariyala, Dist. Kheda. He is a medium farmer
having total 3.0 ha land out of which 1.0 ha land is occupied by bitter
gourd-cauliflower system, while rest of the land is occupied by paddy- wheat-bajra.
Sometime, he also follow fenugreek (November-December)-bitter gourd (January-October)
system. He has to feed 7 person. He said that up to 10 months, he is getting income
from bitter gourd, while in rest of the period of a year, he depends on other
vegetable crops viz., cauliflower, fenugreek etc. He said that from a hectare of
land, his gross income from bitter gourd crop is Rs. 2.5 lakh and market price is
ranging from Rs. 70 (June -September) to 400 (February - March and October)/20 kg.
CROPS He said that he is growing bitter gourd, cauliflower, fenugreek, paddy, wheat
and bajra
BITTER GOURD He said that he is growing this crop since 40-50 years. He adopted this
crop by seeing other people who are earning the good money by cultivating this crop.
According to his views, this crop is giving good return and is a cash crop.
BITTER GOURD PESTS He said that initially crop is attacked by leaf hoppers then by
fruit fly and during monsoon the fruit borer (Diaphania indica) locally known as
"Lili Iyal". He said that these pests are found since he is growing the crop i.e.
since 40-50 years.
FRUIT FLY He said that generally he is growing the bitter gourd in December-January
months. The fruit fly infestation start as and when fruits are available. Initially
it can cause more than 50% damage as fruits are available in small number. He said
that it is bad because it directly cause damage to the fruits. According to his view,
every year the problem of fruit fly remain same.
FRUIT FLY CONTROL He knows two methods for fruit fly control.
FRUIT FLY CONTROL: SPRAY (1) Spraying of insecticides He had sprayed his crop with
insecticides viz., Confidor (imidacloprid),Nuvan (dichlorvos), Thiodan (endosulfan)
and Monocil (monocrotophos) without mixing with jaggery solution but he has mixed
insecticide i.e., Confidor with soluble fertilizer (Hygiene). He is doing this
practice since 2 years and according to his view, result is excellent.
FRUIT FLY CONTROL: TRAPS (2) ME traps He is knowing the ME traps since he started
growing the bitter gourd crop. He is using this traps during peak fruit fly activity
i.e., March-April months. He doesn't know the exact quantity of ME and insecticide
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