Pest/Disease management
- Root dipping in Beejamrut before transplanting.
- Three lines barrier crops like maize, jowar & Bajra.
- Trap crops like marigold, onion and coriander to control sucking pest.
- Control white fly and midge fly with application of 5% Neem seed kernel extract (NSKE).
- Datura
leaf decoction can be sprayed for controlling aphids.
- Plant
10-12 plants/acre castor plant to control fruit borer.
- Use
yellow and blue colour sticky traps to control the whitefly pest.
- Use pheromone traps to control Spodoptera and Helicoverpa.
- Remove weeds at crop surroundings.
- Cow dung + cow urine + Ingua mixture application will reduce thrips incidence in chilly.
- Trichogramma
cards @ 5 cards per acre
- Fully fermented buttermilk @ 6 L in 100L water spray will reduce bacterial leg spot disease
- Spraying of aloe vera + custard apple leaf mixture will reduce the shoot and fruit rot disease in chilly. Spray this mixture at an interval of 10 days two times.