Inducing Fruit Setting In Pointed Gourd
About the Practice
Dilute 200 g jaggery in the juice of one coconut (Cocos nucifera) and fill it in a pump and spray. This treatment stops dropping of flowers in pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica). One-kilogram jaggery is required for spraying 0.24 hectares. Due to this spray honeybee infestation is increased, which nullifies insect pests. Besides it induces fruit-setting. This practice is used for two times on a plant. In another practice to prevent root rot in papaya (Carica papaya), ocher and lime paste are smeared on the stem up to the top. This practice stops root rot in papaya. Papaya farmers are using this practice.
About the Innovator
Agro-Ecological Zone: Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western plane and hill region (5.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Bhal and Coastal area (GJ-8)
Address: Mu. Ingrola, Babra, Amreli
District: Amreli
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 365620
Practice Details
Crop: Pointed Gourd
Crop Scientific Name: (Trichosanthes dioica)
Crop Vernacular Name: parwal
Ingredients: coconut (Cocos nucifera), water, jaggery, ocher, lime paste
PAS 1:
"Flowering Habit and Fruit Setting of Pointed Gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) Influenced by Seasonal Temperatures" (
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338477140_Flowering_Habit_and_Fruit_Setting_of_Pointed_Gourd_T richosanthes_dioica_Roxb_Influenced_by_Seasonal_Temperatures