Innovation Detail

Innovation Description

Ms Krishnavati Devi from Bihar had developed the Herbal preparation for controlling pest in paddy 
Targeted pest:  Vegetable pests
Targeted crop: Vegetable
Ingredients: Croton bonplandianus Baill.
Methodology: For the preparation of spray fluid take one kilogram of Croton bonplandianum (roots and leaf) plant with a two-litre of water. It is crushed and kept for four days in an earthen pot. After four days, it is filtered and add two-litre of water in one litre of prepared solution for spraying over the vegetable crops. It is effective against sucking pests in vegetable crops. The stock solution of 3 litres is sufficient for a one-acre area of the field.


Suggested reading(s): 

Jeeshna, M. V., Mallikadevi, T., & Paulsamy, S. (2010). Screening of the weed plant species, Croton bonplandianum Baill. for larvicidal activity of Aedes aegypti. Journal of biopesticides, 3(1), 192.