author(s)
P Archana, K Sridhar and A Rama Krishna Babu

abstract
The present study revealed about the success of a 70 years old innovative farmer. In Naginonipally village, out of 575 acres cropped area, 200 acres are under Maize, 150 acres under Rice, 100 acres under Redgram and remaining cropped area is left for Sorghum and finger millet. Naginonipally is a village in Mahabubnagar district, where Redgram crop was suffered with the infestation of Maruca testulalis and Helicoverpa armijera.