Practice Name:

Leaf Curl in Cotton

Details
Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Juice of lemon (Citrus lemonM), sour buttermilk
Details of Innovation	Aphids suck leaf sap due to which curling of leaf in cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum) is observed. It is observed 25 days after sowing. To control this problem, 50 g lemon (Citrus lemon) juice and 500 g of one week old sour buttermilk are mixed in about 14 liters of water and sprayed with the help of 15 liter capacity pump at eight days interval. Aphid control is achieved with only one spray. This is a traditional practice that the innovator learnt from his father.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Rameshbhai Amrhtbahi Patel
District	Kheda
KVK District	KrishiVignan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith, Dethli, District:- Kheda Phone No.02694-291252, e-mail:kvkkheda@gmail.com
Address	Post zanda, Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	387650

PAS_1	"Ecofriendly management of leaf curl disease of chilli through botanical bio-pesticides" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317400430_Ecofriendly_management_of_leaf_curl_disease_of_chilli_through_botanical_bio-pesticides/link/5938fe9ea6fdcc58ae6499a9/download
PAS_2	"Ecofriendly pest management practices for leaf curl complex of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)" http://www.jbiopest.com/users/lw8/efiles/vol_5_0_115_118f.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco-Region (5.2) , Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hill region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agro Climatic zone(GJ-3), North Gujarat Zone GJ-5
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000001156
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/241
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	387650