Practice Name:

To control leaf curl disease

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Chilly
Crop Family	Solanaceae
Scientific Name	(Capsicum annum)
Vernacular Name	Mirch, Lunka, Marchu
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Sour buttermilk.
Details of Innovation	Leaf curl disease affects chili crop reducing the yield. Spraying sour buttermilk for two to three days will show noticeable results in five to seven days. There is no side-effect to this treatment. It is simple and customarily to those who know it and have been using it for 15 years. This is a traditional practice with information being passed down the generations. There is no expenditure involved in preparing this solution. The farmer is an expert on the subject and uses sour buttermilk whenever there is leaf curl in chilies. There may be an alternative method but he is not aware about them.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Halubhai Dehubhai Kumolia
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Po Kalmodar Mahuva Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364290

PAS_1	"ECOFRIENDLY MANAGEMENT OF LEAF CURL DISEASE OF CHILLI THROUGH BOTANICAL BIO-PESTICIDES."http://plantarchives.org/PDF%2017-1/285-291(3483).pdf
PAS_2	"Ecofriendly management of chilli leaf curl disease complex through plant products."https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2019/vol8issue1/PartR/7-6-296-294.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000001253
Reference	Bhavnagar-98/8
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/625
Reference	Bhavnagar-98/8
Scout	HBN