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Plant Protection and Weed Control Though Water Management
	For controlling thripes in rice, the whole nursery is irrigated so as t o submerge the whole plant for some time and the water is drained to wash away the insects.
: 1089 | : Balasubramanian A | : Others | : Bibliography

Mechanical Pest Control/Semi-Arid Region (p.3)
	In Dhule district of Maharashtra, the control of red hairy caterpillar was done by understanding the life cycle of the caterpillar and attacking it at all stages, i.e., eggs, larvae and adult.
: 738 | : Silva and Sashi | : Others | : Bibliography

Mechanical Pest Control/Semi-Arid Region (p.15)
	Rodents, especially rats, are causing a lot of damage to crops in the fields and in stored grains. Author reports a successful way of controlling this pest with a simple ‘bucket-trap.’ The top of a twenty litre oil drum is removed and the open drum (a bu
: 27808 | : Schrimpf Berthold | : Others | : Bibliography

Mechanical Pest Control/Humid Region
	In Sri Lanka, sand from the sacred ‘BO’ tree is applied to paddy crop. Insects fall into the water to be eaten by the fish.
: 923 | : Upawasa, G.K. | : Others | : Bibliography

Innovative Use of Water and Ash/Arid Region (p.4)
	In the drier regions, babara nuts and beans are shelled and mixed with ash.
: 864 | : Zehrer Wolfram | : Others | : Bibliography

Agronomical Means of Pest Control/Region Unspecified (p.49)
	i) If banana suckers are immersed for a few minutes in boiling water, root nematodes would be completely checked and no chemicals are necessary.
: 1343 | : Reddy Narayana, L | : Others | : Bibliography

B) Mechanical Pest Control/Semi-Arid Region
	To prevent wheat and potato crop from hoarfrost it is advisable to fill the field with water in the evening and make smoke around it. (Farmer: Ram Chrit Pandey of Tarapara village).
: 1126 | : Gupta, S.P. and Gupta Anil K. | : Others | : Bibliography

Agronomical Means of Pest Control/Semi-Arid
	To protect paddy from termite attack, the farmer fills the filed with water. (Farmer: Rampal of Shivnathpur village).
: 1667 | : Gupta, S.P. and Gupta Anil K. | : Others | : Bibliography

Ways of Locating of Ground Water/Semi-Arid Region (pp.1-2
	In absence of perennial rivers, the tribals have to depend upon ground water from wells to irrigate their crops. The tribals have developed an innate sense to locate ground water which is called ‘WATER DIVINING.’ This is based upon the location of natural
: 4967 | : Shankaran Vasumathi | : Others | : Bibliography

Ground Water/Region Unspecified (pp.135-136).
	If one finds a ‘Vetasa’ plant (Calamus rotung) in a waterless tract, one is sure to find water by digging the ground at a distance of 3 cubits to the west of it half a Purvsha below the earth (One purusha is equal to 120 angulas that is about 7 ft.).
: 987 | : BRIHAT SAMHITA | : Others | : Bibliography

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