Practice Name:

Practice to increase fruit set in lemon and decrease the fruit drop.

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	lemon
Crop Family	Rutaceae
Scientific Name	(Citrus limon Linn.)
Vernacular Name	Nimbu, Elumichai
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Litter of cock
Details of Innovation	For increasing the fruit set in lemon or to increase the number of fruit-bearing branches and decrease the fruit drop, use of liter of cock at the rate of 1 kg per tree as a growth promoter when it is two years old. This practice will ensue increase in the spread of the tree, and the problem of fruit drop will also be solved. The farmer has developed this practice on his own. Two farmers are following this practice. The idea relating to the practice came by observing the promoting effect of the litter drop by the cock in the surrounding region of the tree. The farmer observed this in this own lemon orchard. He had harvested a higher yield during that year.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Liyakathussein Makbulhussein Saiyed
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	At po Khuntvada Mahuva Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364290

PAS_1	"WAYS TO SUCCEED IN LIME and LEMON FARMING."https://myknowledgebase.in/ways-to-succeed-in-lime-and-lemon-farming/
PAS_2	"Improve your citrus production with regular fertilization."https://www.sanluisobispo.com/living/home-garderticle39466404.html
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	https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pgriculture/horticulture/citrus/lemon
Practice ID	DTP0010000001309
Reference	Bhavnagar-97/2
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/636
Reference	Bhavnagar-97/2
Scout	HBN