Practice Name:

Tile for Papaya Bloom

Details
Category	Animal Husbandry,Animal Health Practices,Traditional
Crop	Papaya
Crop Family	Caricaceae
Scientific Name	(Carica papaya)
Vernacular Name	Papaya
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	coconut shells
Details of Innovation	If the papaya (Carica papaya) crop does not fructify, it means a heavy loss for the farmer. The innovator farmer, Maganbhai Sheladiya, was faced with the problem of his papaya crop not flowering or bearing fruit, hit upon a good idea. He put a coconut shell and pressed it hard on the crown of the papaya tree. To his pleasant surprise, a strange thing happened. Soon tender leaves, followed by flowers, started growing from the groove of the trunk. Maganbhai explains that by pressing down coconut shells in the groove of the papaya trunk, the plant's vertical growth is retarded. As the plant develops laterally, there is no need for further leafing. Flowers followed by fruit are the result. This is exactly what a grower aspires for.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Maganbhai Popatbhai Sheldiya
City / District	Amreli
KVK District	Krishi Vgyan Kendra, Junagadh Agricultural University, Keria Road, Amreli-365 611
Address	Samadhiyala mota Khambha Amreli Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	365635

PAS_1	"Foliar Traits in Papaya Plants Intercropped in Coconut."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341523535_Foliar_Traits_in_Papaya_Plants_Intercropped_in_Coconut
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) South Saurashtra (GJ-7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000267
Reference	Amreli- 99/4
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/668
Reference	Amreli- 99/4
Scout	HBN