They collect lemon juice in a glass vessel and leave it aside for 10 to15 days. They spray this solution on the cotton crop (25 to 30 millimeter per pump) to control damage done by a pest locally referred to as lashkari.Collect lemon juice in a glass vessel and leave it aside for 10 to15 days. Spray this solution on the cotton crop (25 to 30 millimeter per pump) to control damage done by a pest locally referred to as lashkari.
Crop: Cotton
Crop Family: Malvaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Gossypiu herbacium)
Crop Vernacular Name: Kapas
Formulation: 25 to 30 millimeter per pump
Ingredients: Ash of cow dung, glass vessel and lemon juice.
"Traditional plant protection management practices of Rajasthan. - Ten-day old pearl millet flour and ash are mixed in the ratioof 1:4 and dusted on the cumin crop before flowering toprevent infection of powdery mildew. This practice is beingfollowed in Pali and Barmer districts."
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"Farmers dust the ash at the rate of 50-60 kg ha-1 on mustardcrop to prevent various diseases like white rust, downymildew and powdery mildew." -
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""Ash (2-3 kg) is mixed with castor oil (0.7-0.8 kg). Thismixture is spread on the seedbed of cotton (0.01 ha) tocontrol ‘damping-off’ disease"" . -
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