EFFICACY OF NON POISONOUS CASTOR BASED REPELLENT AGAINST WILD BOAR (Sus scrofa) IN MAIZE CROP AROUNDHYDERABAD

摘要

Ecodon a plant based chemical was proved to be very effective in repelling rodents and wild boar from the crop fields and minimize damage to the crops. It is a Area Repellent containing Ricinolic acid, emulsifier and eco-friendly non-poisonous organicingredients. Wild boar damage to agricultural crops is wide spread in forest fringe areas. The details of their damage propensity are not much studied. An attempt was made in the present study to estimate their damage in Sorghum crop around Hyderabad. An attempt was also made to evaluate the repellency against the wild boars in Sorghum crop using castor based repellent treated jute rope. It was recorded that after the tying of the repellent treated rope on the periphery of sorghum plots, wild boar damage was totally absent inside the crop, although the symptoms of their visit around the fields were existing. These observations indicate that the repellent was effective to prevent the wild boar damage to the Sorghum crop. The cost benefit was found to b