Practice Name:

Disease Control in Lemon Crop

Category	Crop Production
Crop	lemon
Crop Family	Rutaceae
Scientific Name	(Citrus limon) (Mangifera indica) (Psidium guajava)
Vernacular Name	Nimbu, Elumichai
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Left over water after washing fish
Details Of Innovation	Farmers in Assam have developed an indigenous method for controlling fruit-borer and other insect pests infesting lemon (Citrus limon) and other plants of the citrus family. They use the left over water from washing fish for spraying on crops. The farmers believe that the foul smell of fish-water keeps the pests away from crops. (In many parts of Gujarat, farmers use fish water to treat foot-and-mouth disease in animals - editor).

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Doctor.M P. Borthakur
Address	Assam
Languages Spoken	Assamese
Vocation	Farming
State	Assam

PAS 1	"Application of fish water at the base of the citrus plant, to control of citrus trunk borer. The fish water attract predatory red tree ant (Oecophylla sp.)" - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341239517_Insect_pests_of_citrus_and_their_management_ARITCLE_INFO_A_CASE_STUDY
Practice ID	DTP0010000002523
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/261
Reference	Lok(1)3 may-june-1996 pg.no.-11
Pest Group	sucking
Pest Scientific Names	Leucinodes orbonalis
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY