DEMONSTRATION UNIT

 

 
Bio-pesticide and Bio-fungicide Production Unit

 Year of Establishment.-  1998

 

Objectives:

 

1.To promote integrated pest management concept

2.To conserve natural enemies of pests i.e. parasites and predators.

3.To reduce the cost of plant protection.

4.To minimize the use of chemicals in agriculture

5.To make the bio-pesticides  locally available for the farmers. 

 

 

 

 

 

Types of Bio-agents

   

 

 Bio-pesticides -

             i.  Verticilium lecani

               

             ii.   HaNPV

 

             iii.   Nomuraea rileyi ,

 

 Bio-fungicides-

              

              i.   Trichoderma harzianum

 

             ii.   Trichoderma viridae

 

 

 Bio-nematicides-

 

              i.  Paecilomyces lilacinus

 

 

Production capacity and annual  frequency of customers

Sr.

No

Particulars

Capacity/ annum

No.of

benef/year.

Area 

covered.

(ha)

                      Purpose

1

Trichoderma

harzianum

2500 kg

450-500

3155

Fungal antagonist for soil borne diseases like root rot, collar rot, damping off and prevention of foliar diseases like P.M, D,M., Anthracnose and blights.

 

2

Paecilomyces

lilacinus

1000 kg

150-200

1500

For management of root knot nematodes in fruits and vegetables

 

3

Verticilium lecani

 

2000 kg

200-225

477

Mealy bugs, white fly, aphids ,mites , thrips management on grapes, pomegranate,guava,c.apple etc.

 

4

HaNPV

150 lit

    100-125

 730

Helicoverpa armigetra management in cotton,redgram,B.gram, tomato,okra

 

5

Nomuraea rileyi

1000 kg.

   100-125

35

Against Spodoptera and Helicoverpa caterpillars on pulses and oilseeds.

 

 

 

Impact -

 

- Increased adoption of Trichoderma and Paecilomyces among  fruit and vegetable growers.

 

- Adoption of bio-agents is about 55-60% in KVK operational areas.

 

- Incidence of Grape mealy bug can be effectively controlled by Verticilium lecani  

 

- Initiation of Trichoderma spraying on foliage by fruit growers .