PANCHAGAVYA- AN ECOFRIENDLY INSECTICIDE AND ORGANIC GROWTH PROMOTER OF PLANTS

Panchagavya is an organic formulation, which in Sanskrit means the blend of five products obtained from cow i.e. milk, ghee, curd, dung and urine. The components like cowdung and cowurine enhances the insecticidal activity of pachagavya which can reduce the number of application hazardous chemicals on crops. It is a mixed culture of naturally occurring, beneficial microbes’ mostly lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus), yeast (Saccharomyces), actinomyces (Streptomyces), photosynthetic bacteria (Rhodopsuedomonas) and certain fungi (Aspergillus) which promotes the growth and yield in different crops and provides high B:C ratio. So, panchagavya can be a effective organic growth-promoter for small and marginal farmers.