About the Practice
Detail:

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.


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: T.N.Prakash from Karnataka
Agro-Ecological Zone: North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Address: Shampara (Sidsar) Vastej Bhavnagar Gujarat
District: Ahmedabad
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 364060

Practice Details

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.


PAS 1:

"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."
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278676064_Traditional_plant_protection_management_practices_of_Rajasthan

PAS 2:

"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." -
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278676064_Traditional_plant_protection_management_practices_of_Rajasthan

PAS 3:

""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"" . -
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278676064_Traditional_plant_protection_management_practices_of_Rajasthan



GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/773 - Practice ID: KNW0010000001443

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