| Category | Agriculture,Farm Practice,Traditional,Community |
| Crop | Cucumber |
| Crop Family | Cucurbaticae |
| Scientific Name | (Cucumber sativas) |
| Vernacular Name | Kakdi, Khira |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Cucumbers |
| Details Of Innovation | It has been found that the cucumber plant should not be allowed to come into contact with anything made of iron. Should this happen, it has been found that the cucumbers subsequently turn bitter. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | L Sharma |
| District | South Andaman |
| KVK District | NRM Division, CIARI, Port Blair |
| Address | South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Island |
| Languages Spoken | Bengali/Hindi |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| PIN Code | 744101 |
| PAS 1 | "Study on Flowering Characters of Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) by Training and Pinching "https://www.ijcmas.com/6-11-2017/C.%20Ciba%20and%20M.%20Syamala3.pdf |
| PAS 2 | "Grapevine Water Management."http://www.wine-grape-growing.com/wine_grape_growing/grapevine_water_management/vineyard_water_requirements.htm |
| PAS 3 | "Water Requirement of Grape (Vitis vinifera) in the Northern Highlands of Yemen."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271310346_Water_Requirement_of_Grape_Vitis_vinifera_in_the_Northern_Highlands_of_Yemen |
| Agro Ecological Zone | The Islands Region-XV,Port Blair |
| Other Community Practices | "Crop water parameters of irrigated wine and table grapes to support water productivity analysis in the Sa˜o Francisco river basin, Brazil."http://www.cpatsa.embrapa.br/public_eletronica/downloads/OPB1641.pdf |
| Practice ID | KNW0020000000169 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/927 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Technology Transfer Terms | DIY |
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