Plant Protection from Pests: Case Study 3, Ri Bhoi
Plant Protection from Pests: Case Study 3, Ri Bhoi
| Main Info | ML/RB/AGRI/003. Plant Protection from Pests, Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya |
| Name of the Technique | Pest Management Traditional Agricultural Technique |
| Source Publisher | Primary Survey, Ri Bhoi District, Meghalaya |
| Source Year | 2023 |
| History Of The Technique | This is a manual control of pest adopted by the farmers since time immemorial in Meghalaya. |
| Manufacturing technique | Leaves of mature plants are fold and tied with thread at the time of pest infestation. The folded leaves are kept till the peak season of pest attack 20-30 days. |
| Method of Preparation | Few leaves of the plant are kept unfold for photosynthesis while most of the leaves are folded and tied with thread to ward off pests. |
| Material Composition | Thread for tying the mature leaf of the vegetables. Knife, hammer, bamboo etc. |
| How to implement | The mature turmeric leaf are folded and tied to prevent attack from the pest like leaf roller, lacewing bug and shoot borer |
| New R & D leads | No harmful pesticides are applied; no cost is involved in this traditional technique |
| Theme | Traditional Agriculture |
| Sub Theme | Pest Management |
| Source Publisher | Primary Survey, Ri Bhoi District, Meghalaya |
| Source Year | 2023 |