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Organic Farming is one of the fields of
concern today. Farming using Eco-friendly
products for the growth of crops is meant
as Organic Farming. Use of pesticides to
prevent insects in the fields has been a
practice from ancient times. However, it
has also been a matter of concern for the
farmers as it can reduce the infertility
of the soil and damages the crops. Before
few decades, pesticides used in the farms
are chemically prepared and contains unfavorable
constituents for both soil and plants leading
heavy loss for the farmers. Breaking down
of these chemical pesticides is a hectic
job for the microbes
present in the soil causing infertility.
Organic pesticide has become a revolution
from then. Researches are undertaken in
finding an organic constituent which will
serve as a biodegradable
pesticide. Research results found that "Azadiractin"
a compound in Neem will serve as strong
bio- pesticide and can inhibit the growth
of more than 200 varieties of pests and
insects. Pests like rats, mice, cockroaches
were been a menace for the farmers, and
they are likely to destroy the whole cultivated
land. Neem in the form Oil is used for pests.
It is the Odour of Neem Oil that makes it
unpleasant for the pests to consume the
crops.
Instruction for Preparing Pesticide spray
using Neem Oil:
Take few tablespoons of Neem oil and mix
it in 3-4 liters of water. Use soluble detergents
as admixture to make it dilute.
Instruction before Spraying:
Spray the Neem Oil pesticide in the lower
half of the plants and in the soil. Avoid
spraying over the leaves as it can lead
to burn when exposed to sunlight. Strictly
Use Neem Oil registered by EPA or any other
Environmental friendly committees.
Insects like stem borers, aphids, beetles,
worms, caterpillars, miners, bugs, mites,
moths and flies use farms as their medium
for their life cycle. Neem can make that
medium hostile to those insects by the compound
azadiractin which acts like a repellent
for insects. Azadiractin extracts vary from
300ppm to 2500ppm depending on the method
of extraction, which has been practiced.
Bitter taste of Neem is due to compounds
triglycerides and triterpenoid and this
makes the pests and the insects to avoid
crops sprayed. Neem in the form of powder
is also used as the admixture in urea and
mixed with soil for repelling insects.
Instruction for preparing soil in repelling
insect:
Mix cultivable soil with a combined mixture
of Urea and Neem cake powder. Neem Cake
powder has to be added 15-25% of the weight
of Urea for fertile growth of crops. Neem
Cake Powder is supposed to be a byproduct
of Neem Oil.
Thus Neem Oil proves to be a strong pest
and insecticide in Organic farming. It is
Bio-degradable and serves as an Eco-friendly
product.
Author: Adam
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