Practice Name:

Dropping of Flowers in Chilli Crop

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Chilly
Crop Family	Solanaceae
Scientific Name	(Capsicum annum)
Vernacular Name	Mirch, Lunka, Marchu
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	water of coconut water (Cocus nucifera), milk
Details of Innovation	To prevent dropping of flowers, farmer uses coconut water (Cocus nucifera) and milk. These two are mixed together to form a concoction. Thereafter, it is sprinkled at 60th, 75th and 90th day on the chilli (Capsicum annuum) crop. This process effectively reduces dropping of flowers and also it puts weight to induce germination of new buds. It is a traditional practice.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Savaji Nathaji Parmar
City / District	Modasa
KVK District
Address	Jitpur
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Sabarkantha
PIN Code	383317

PAS_1	"Tobacco leaf extract in boiled water is sprayed as pesticide, fermented buttermilk can be used against leaf eating caterpillars. Abhang, P. and Pathade, G., Indian species defined as a pest, usually because." https://laytonforstatesenate.com/indian-species-defined-as-a-pest-usually-because/
PAS_2	"Use of rotten bajra flour for control of Powdery Mildew disease in Cumin: Devjibhai Jerambhai Jograjiya from Bhavnaagr Gujarat got success for control of leaf-curl and flower dropping abnormalities in chilli and brinjal last year and received higher bloom" http://nif.org.in/innovation/use_of_rotten_bajra_flour_for_control_of_diseases_and_pests_in_plants/368
Agro Ecological Zone
Other Community Practices	"Zeeshan, N. and Kudada, N., 2019. Ecofriendly management of chilli leaf curl disease complex through plant products. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 8(1), pp.1045-1049."
Practice ID	DTP0010000002749
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/901
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN