Trap crop | Main crop | Method of planting | Pest controlled |
Alfalfa | Cotton | Strip intercrop | Lygus bug |
Basil & marigold | Garlic | Border crop | Thrips |
Castor plant | Cotton | Border crop | Heliotis sp. |
Chervil | Vegetables, ornamentals | Among plants | Slugs |
Chinese cabbage, mustard & radish | Cabbage | Planted in every 15 rows of cabbage | Cabbage webworm, flea hopper, mustard aphid |
Beans & other legumes | Corn | Row intercrop | Leafhopper, leaf beetles, stalk borer, fall armyworm |
Chick pea | Cotton | Block trap crop at 20 plants/ sq m | Heliotis sp. |
Collards | Cabbage | Border crop | Diamondback moth |
Corn | Cotton | Row intercrop, planted in every 20 rows of cotton or every 10-15 m | Heliotis sp. |
Cowpea | Cotton | Row intercrop in every 5 rows of cotton | Heliotis sp. |
Desmodium | Corn, cowpea, millet, sorghum | Row intercrop | Stemborer, striga |
Dill & lovage | Tomato | Row intercrop | Tomato hornworm |
Green beans | Soybean | Row intercrop | Mexican bean beetle |
Horse radish | Potato | Intercrop | Colorado potato beetle |
Hot cherry pepper | Bell pepper | Border crop | Pepper maggot |
Indian mustard | Cabbage | Strip intercrop in between cabbage plots | Cabbage head caterpillar |
Marigold (French & African marigold) | Solanaceous, crucifers, legumes, cucurbits | Row/strip intercrop | Nematodes |
Medick | Carrot | Strip intercrop in between carrot plots | Carrot root fly |
Napier grass | Corn | Intercrop, border crop | Stemborer |
Nasturtium | Cabbage | Row intercrop | Aphids flea beetle, cucumber beetle, squash vine borer |
Okra | Cotton | Border crop | Flower cotton weevil |
Onion & garlic | Carrot | Border crops or barrier crops in between plots | Carrot root fly Thrips |
Radish | Cabbage family | Row intercrop | Flea beetle, root maggot |
Rye | Soybean | Row intercrop | Corn seedling maggot |
Sesbania | Soybean | Row intercrop at a distance of 15 m apart | Stink bug |
Sickle pod | Soybean | Strip intercrop | Velvet bean caterpillar, green stink bug |
Soybean | Corn | Row intercrop | Heliotis sp. |
Sudan grass | Corn | Intercrop, border crop | Stemborer |
Sunflower | Cotton | Row intercrop in every 5 rows of cotton | Heliotis sp. |
Tansy | Potato | Intercrop | Colorado potato beetle |
Tobacco | Cotton | Row intercrop, planted in every 20 rows of cotton | Heliotis sp. |
Tomato | Cabbage | Intercrop (tomato is planted 2 weeks ahead at the plots' borders) | Diamondback moth |
Vetiver grass | Corn | Perimeter crop | Corn stalk borer |
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Trap Crops
Classification of Feeds for Livestock
1. Grains & Seeds
2. Cakes & Meals
3. Molasses
4. Vegetables
5. Grass
6. Legumes
7. Tree Crops
8. Pods
9. Azolla
10. Hay
11. Straw
12. Huck
13. Weeds
14. By-products
15. Green Waste
2. Cakes & Meals
3. Molasses
4. Vegetables
5. Grass
6. Legumes
7. Tree Crops
8. Pods
9. Azolla
10. Hay
11. Straw
12. Huck
13. Weeds
14. By-products
15. Green Waste
Live Fencing Plants / Trees
No | Common Name | Tamil Name |
1 | Acacia Concinna | Shikakai |
2 | Acalypha | Kuppamani |
3 | Agathi | Agathi |
4 | Aloe Vera | Sotru Katrazhai |
5 | Bamboo | Moongil |
6 | Cactus | Kalli |
7 | Cassia Auriculata | Avaram |
8 | Castor | Aamanakku |
9 | Casuarina | Savukku |
10 | Chrysopogon Zizanioides | Vettiver |
11 | Clerodendron | Ppeenarisanghu |
12 | Commiphora | Kiluvai |
13 | Egyptian Pea | Sithagathi |
14 | Five-leaved Chaste Tree | Nochhi |
15 | Henna | Marudhani |
16 | Indian Thorn Apple | Karoo Omatay |
17 | Karonda | Kalakai |
18 | Lemon | Yelumicchai |
19 | Malabar Nut | Adathoda |
20 | Manila Tamarind | Koduka Puli |
21 | Neem | Vembu |
22 | Nerium Oleander | Arali |
23 | Subapul | Savundal |
24 | Wild Jasmine | Sangam |
Popular Fodder Crops for Live Stocks
1. Grass Fodder Crops - Guinea Grass, Super Napier
2. Cereal Fodder Crops - Maize (Corn), Sorghum
3. Legume Fodder Crops - Desmanthus, Cow Pea, Co5
4. Tree Fodder Crops - Agathi, Subabul, Giliricidia, Mulberry
5. Medicinal Fodder Crops - Neem, Drumstick
2. Cereal Fodder Crops - Maize (Corn), Sorghum
3. Legume Fodder Crops - Desmanthus, Cow Pea, Co5
4. Tree Fodder Crops - Agathi, Subabul, Giliricidia, Mulberry
5. Medicinal Fodder Crops - Neem, Drumstick
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