Abstracto

Herbal Spreader Insecticider and Plant Growth Promoter for Organic Farming

Shankar Datta Gore, Akshay Arjun Nehe*, Chaitanya Gorakh Pawade, Madhuri Bhausaheb Chore, Vivek Bhausaheb Dhaygude

The present invention relates in general to the field of treatments for plants, fruits and vegetables, and more particularly, to compositions and methods for the treatment of plant against plant pathogens, eliminate insects and increase the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables.

The various properties of herbal spreader insecticider and plant growth promoter used mainly as insecticide, fertilizer, manure, soil conditioner, urea coating agent, fumigant etc., in recent era the major challenge is to increase the food production without harming the environment and can control the pest. Since, last decades pesticides have become an integral component in sustainable agriculture and the modern cultural practices like use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers are in eliminable.

The natural pesticides from Azadirachta indica, Aloe barbadensis or Aloe officinalis, Acacia arabica, Cow urine are considered as less harmful, biodegradable, least persistence, less toxic to non-target organism and also economic. Fruitful results of application of formulated herbal based products in agriculture will provide a cost-effective technology to the farming community.