Practice Name:

Control of White Ants in Lemon

Details
Category	Crop pest and disease management
Crop	lemon
Crop Family	Rutaceae
Scientific Name	(Citrus limon Linn.)
Vernacular Name	Nimbu, Elumichai
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Tobacco (Nicotina tobaccum) powder
Details of Innovation	Himmatbhai Manilal Patel sees the white ant problem as natural to lemon (Citrus limon). Accordingly, he goes about finding a cure for it. His cure is digging a three-inch-deep pit and filling it up with as much tobacco (Nicotina tobaccum) powder (snuff) as possible. The pit is then watered. This remedy gives protection to the citrus plant from white ants for one full year. The remedy was experimentally tried out in 300 lemon plants 12 years ago, and it proved successful. Himmatbhai got the idea for the cure from a paddy plant experiment.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Himmatbhai Manilal Patel
District	Kheda
KVK District	KrishiVignan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith, Dethli, District:- Kheda Phone No.02694-291252, e-mail:kvkkheda@gmail.com
Address	At po Kanij Mehmedadab Kheda Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	387130

PAS_1	"Termite Damage to Citrus Trees."https://www.gardenguides.com/131257-termite-damage-citrus-trees.html
PAS_2	"ALL-NATURAL WAYS OF ELIMINATING TERMITES."https://varsitytermiteandpestcontrol.com/natural-ways-eliminating-termites/
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	"Termites in Trees: How to Prevent and Treat the Problem."https://pestkilled.com/termites-in-trees/
Practice ID	DTP0010000001297
Reference	Bhavnagar-94/27
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/549
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	387130