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Use as a Fertilizer
Neem cake organic manure protects plant roots from nematodes, soil
grubs and white ants probably due to its content of the residual
limonoids. It also acts as a natural fertilizer with pesticidal properties.
Neem cake is widely used in India to fertilize paddy, cotton and
sugarcane. Usage of neem cake have shown an increase in the dry
matter in Tectona grandis (Teak), Acacia nilotica (Gum Arabic), and
other forest trees.


Pest Control
Neem cake is effective in the management of insects and pests. The
bitter principles of the soil and cake have been reported to have seven
types of activities (a) antifeedant (b) attractant (c)repellent (d)
insecticide (e) nematicide (f) growth disruptor and (g) antimicrobial.

The cake contains salannin, nimbin, azadirachtin and azadiradione as
the major components. Of these, azadirachtin and meliantriol are used
as locust antifeedants while salannin is used as an antifeedant for the
housefly.
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