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Mafatlal Shivabhai Parmar,<\/p>\n <\/li>\n
Dist. Kheda,<\/p>\n <\/li>\n
Gujarat<\/p>\n <\/li>\n
India<\/p>\n <\/li>\n
Kharsadi for termite control<\/p>\n <\/li>\n
After bajra is harvested, the straw is stored in bundles. The farmers of Palol call such a storage place Khala. The bundles stored are used as cattle feed during rabi and are also used as roughage for the cattle. Termites sometimes attack such stored bundles Mafatbhai Shivabhai Parmar uses ‘kharsadi’ (Euphorbia tirucalli) to control the attack by termites.Termite infested straw cannot be used as fodder for the animals. The khala is cleaned with a shovel and the floor of the khala is layered with ‘kharsadi’. According to Mafatbhai typical smell of the milky sap of the plant repels the termites. Yet another farmer uses a slightly different approach for prevention of termite attack in standing crop using the same plant i.e., kharsadi. He puts the crushed plants in the main irrigation canal. Wheat is most susceptible to termite attack at the third irrigation stage. The water passing over ‘kharsadi’ stems is supposed to help in controlling termites.The farmers now-a-days do not use any of these methods primarily because the cropping pattern has changed in this area. A few years ago in this area of Kheda, bajra was cultivated as kharif crop and gram was the rabi crop but now it is paddy in kharif and wheat in rabi. With the availability of good irrigation facilities the termite problem is under control. (In our recent Shodh Yatra (IV) in Kutch, we observed a farmer (Pravinsinh Jadeja, Toda) using ‘thor’ (Euphorbia nerrifolia) in addition to ‘kharsadi’ in the irrigation channel to control termites in wheat crop (see picture). See, HB 8(1),1997: 9 and 8(2), 1997: 14 for more practices on control of termites. :Ed<\/p>\n <\/li>\n
Honey Bee, 10(4): 12,1999<\/p>\n <\/li>\n
Comn: Pravin Rohit<\/p>\n <\/li>\n
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