Practice Name:

Pest Control in Chilli

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Chilli
Crop Family	Solanaceae
Scientific Name	(Capsicum annum)
Vernacular Name	Mirch, Lunka, Marchu
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Coriander or garlic as intercrops
Details Of Innovation	Coriander or garlic is inter-sown with chilli seedlings to avoid attack by thrips or woodworms. The coriander plants adjacent to chilli plants are plucked and sold as green vegetables, while the coriander grown on the bunds are harvested for seed purpose. As the coriander plants are plucked regularly, they do not compete for water/nutrition from soil. Thus this practice does not affect the chilli yield.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Dr S Murugan Dr D Bhaskaran
District	Madurai
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra , Agricultural College and Research Institute,TNAU, Madurai -625001
Address	Thirunagar,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	625006

PAS 1	"Management of blight of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum var. grossum) caused by Drechslera bicolor." ,https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052395/
PAS 2	"Intercropping chilli with maize or brinjal to suppress populations of Aphis gossypii Glov., and transmission of chilli viruses."https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670879309371794
PAS 3	"STUDY ON PEST AND PREDATORS POPULATION IN CHILLI AGRO-ECOSYSTEM BY USING DIFFERENT TRAP CROPS."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303983967_STUDY_ON_PEST_AND_PREDATORS_POPULATION_IN_CHILLI_AGRO-ECOSYSTEM_BY_USING_DIFFERENT_TRAP_CROPS
PAS 4	"The Effect of Chili Pepper (Capsicum Annum) As Feasible Pesticides For Crop Production According to Romano (nd), chili is sharply flavored fruit of a pepper plant that can be experimented as pesticides. Insecticidal chili pepper (capsicum annum) has a potential to diminish the number of termites that destroys furniture or anything made of wood and also other insects pests." https://sectionthejgroup3blog.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/research-proposal-by-april-lyn-paradillo/
Agro Ecological Zone	Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1)
Other Community Practices	"Farmer Friendly Ways to Control Termites." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268153608_Farmer_Friendly_Ways_to_Control_Termites
Practice ID	KNW0020000000384
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/145
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY