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Production of IPM inputs

Traps

White board traps for snails

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<h3>Materials required</h3>
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<li>Wooden boards</li>
<li>white paint, brush</li>
<li>bucket</li>
<li>detergent</li>
<li>Attractant like potato , cabbage</li>
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<h3>Methodology</h3>
Take white surface wooden boards (30 cm x 30 cm size). Place them along the plant rows. At daytime, snails take shelter underneath the cooler places. Check the traps before sunset and collect the snails. Put these traps in a bucket of soapy water or kill them.<br />
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<p><b>Source</b>: <a class="ext-link-icon" href="http://ppqs.gov.in/PDF/IPM%20Seva%20Kendra.pdf" target="_blank" title="Skill Development of Farmers for Production of IPM inputs in IPM Seva Kendra (External website that opens in new window)">Skill Development of Farmers for Production of IPM inputs in IPM Seva Kendra </a></p>
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