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hore

d by

: Ph

. Cha

ndra

man

i Sin

gh, S

MS(

Hor

ticul

ture

) an

d M

rs. M

adhu

mita

Son

owal

Bor

a, S

MS

(Pla

nt P

rote

ctio

n)

Pu

blis

hed

by: D

r. D

ebas

is S

asm

al

Prog

ram

me

Co-

ordi

nato

r I/

C, K

VK

,Loh

it un

der

Dir

ecto

r, IC

AR

-NR

C o

n Y

ak, D

iran

g

Typ

ed a

nd D

esig

ned

by: M

d. Z

iaur

Rah

man

, Pr

ogra

mm

e A

ssis

tant

(Com

pute

r)

Fo

r fu

rthe

r de

tails

con

tact

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l :pc

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l.com

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No.

038

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0100

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ww

.kvk

lohi

t.org

turn

s ye

llow

follo

wed

by

irreg

ular

pat

tern

of l

ight

-yel

low

and

gre

en p

atch

es

and

stunt

ed

grow

th

of

infe

cted

pl

ants.

Sp

rayi

ng

of

Dim

etho

ate

or

Met

asys

tox

@ 1

.5 m

l/L o

f wat

er a

t 10-

15 d

ays i

nter

val.

Leaf

cur

l Vir

us: I

n ad

vanc

ed s

tage

s ax

illar

y bu

ds a

re s

timul

ated

to p

rodu

ce

clus

ters

of l

eave

s whi

ch a

re re

duce

d in

size

. Cur

ling

of le

aves

acc

ompa

nied

by

puck

erin

g an

d bl

ister

ing

of i

nter

veni

al a

reas

and

thi

cken

ing

of t

he v

iens

. Sp

rayi

ng 2

-3 ti

mes

of D

imet

hoat

e or

met

asys

tox

@ 1

.5 m

l/L a

t 10-

15 d

ays

inte

rval

.

Thr

ips:

The

larv

a an

d ad

ults

infe

st te

nder

leav

es a

nd fe

ed o

n th

e sa

p ca

usin

g cu

rling

of

leav

es,

flow

ers

and

buds

ar

e al

so d

amag

ed.

Spra

ying

of

2-3

times

of R

ogor

or

Mal

athi

on @

1.5

m

l/L a

t 10-

15 d

ays i

nter

val.

Frui

t bo

rer:

Larv

ae f

eed

insid

e th

e fru

it.

Frui

t be

com

e de

form

ed

in

size.

Spr

ayin

g of

2-3

tim

es o

f Rog

or

or M

alat

hion

@ 1

.5 m

l/L a

t 10

-15

days

inte

rval

.

L-27

/KVK

/Loh

it/ 2

014-

15

Pa

ckag

e an

d Pr

actic

es

of

K

ING

CH

ILL

I

KR

ISH

I V

IGYA

N K

EN

DR

A- L

OH

IT

NA

MSA

I-D

IST

RIC

T,

UN

DE

R-I

CA

R- N

RC

ON

YA

K, D

IRA

NG

. A

RU

NA

CH

AL

PRA

DE

SH.

Kin

g C

hilli

/Bhu

t Ja

loki

a (C

apsic

um c

hine

nse)

is a

per

enni

al p

lant

, hav

ing

an e

cono

mic

spa

n of

3-5

yea

rs u

nder

Sha

de h

ouse

. Fr

uits

are

ext

rem

ely

pung

ent

and

arom

atic

, with

per

siste

nt p

unge

ncy

whe

n ea

ten.

The

frui

t is

a la

rge

berr

y, c

onsis

ting

of a

per

icar

p, p

lace

nta,

seed

and

dry

cav

ity.

Soil

and

clim

ate:

The

cro

p ca

n be

gro

wn

all t

he t

ypes

of

soil,

but

a d

eep

loos

e so

il is

pref

erre

d. G

ood

qual

ity k

ing

chill

i can

be

prod

uced

und

er c

lay

loam

soi

l. T

he s

oil s

houl

d be

ric

h in

org

anic

mat

ter

with

of p

H 5

.5-6

.0. I

t ca

nnot

ada

pt w

ell

unde

r op

en s

un.

Wat

er l

oggi

ng e

ven

for

a sh

ort

time

caus

es le

af sh

eddi

ng. H

eavy

rain

fall

is a

detr

imen

tal f

acto

r for

kin

g ch

illi a

s it

lead

s to

a po

or fr

uit s

et a

nd ro

tting

of t

he fr

uits.

Land

pre

para

tion:

The

fiel

d sh

ould

be

wel

l pre

pare

d to

fine

tilt

h an

d m

ix

adeq

uate

qua

ntity

of F

YM o

r com

post

@ 1

-2 to

n/ha

.

Nur

sery

bed

pre

para

tion:

Pre

pare

rai

sed

bed

of 1

m w

idth

and

con

veni

ent

leng

th. A

pply

4 k

g of

com

post/

FYM

with

Ulti

mat

e or

Pho

rate

10

G @

2g/

m2 in

the

prep

ared

bed

and

mix

thor

ough

ly.

Seed

rate

: 600

-800

gm//

ha.

Seed

sow

ing.

See

d ar

e tr

eate

d w

ith b

avist

in o

r an

y fu

ngic

ides

che

mic

al

befo

re s

owin

g. T

reat

ed s

eeds

are

sow

n in

the

nur

sery

bed

in t

he m

onth

s of

2nd

wee

k of

Janu

ary

to 1

st w

eek

of F

ebru

ary.

See

ds a

re so

wn

in th

e lin

e at

the

inte

rval

of

10-1

2cm

apa

rt a

nd c

over

with

woo

d as

h or

mix

ed s

and

or

com

post.

Lev

el t

he s

urfa

ce o

f be

d. I

rrig

ate

the

nurs

ery

bed

ever

y al

tern

ate

day.

The

seed

s gen

eral

ly g

erm

inat

e in

7-1

0 da

ys.

Tim

e of

tra

nspl

antin

g: T

rans

plan

ting

is do

ne in

the

mon

th o

f 1st w

eek

of

April

to 2

nd w

eek

of M

ay. H

ealth

y se

edlin

gs a

re se

lect

ed w

hich

are

free

from

vi

rus

affe

cted

and

dip

ped

in t

he s

olut

ion

of c

hlor

opyr

ipho

s@1m

l w

ith

bavi

stin@

1gm

aro

und

5-10

min

utes

.

Spac

ing:

Tre

ated

seed

lings

are

pla

nted

at t

he sp

acin

g of

90-

100

cm P

lant

to

Plan

t an

d R

ow t

o R

ow a

ccor

ding

to

the

soil

fert

ility

. Pl

ant

popu

latio

n re

quire

d ar

ound

12,

346

seed

lings

in 1

ha.

Shad

e m

anag

emen

t: U

nsha

ded

king

chi

lli a

lmos

t in

varia

bly

give

s la

te a

nd

less

yie

ld c

ompa

red

to s

hade

d ki

ng c

hilli

and

has

a t

ende

ncy

of s

uffe

ring

from

var

ious

dise

ases

and

sho

rt p

rodu

ctiv

e lif

e. K

ing

chill

i dos

e no

t tol

erat

e

to i

nten

se s

unlig

ht.

The

refo

re,

Caj

anus

caj

an (

Arha

r D

al)

whi

ch c

an b

e gr

own

for

nitr

ogen

fix

atio

n or

Mai

ze c

rop

can

be t

aken

for

sha

de p

urpo

se.

The

opt

imum

yie

ld o

f kin

g ch

illi a

re fo

und

by g

row

ing

the

crop

und

er 5

0%

shad

e co

nditi

on.

Man

urin

g an

d fe

rtili

zers

: As

per

IC

AR, A

P C

entr

e, B

asar

, rec

omm

ende

d do

se is

120

:50:

50 k

g N

PK/h

a. H

owev

er, i

n Ar

unac

hal P

rade

sh f

arm

ers

do

not a

pply

any

che

mic

al fe

rtili

zers

for t

his c

rops

whi

ch is

gro

wn

loca

lly.

Gro

wth

sub

stan

ces:

NAA

is u

sed

for

regu

latin

g gr

owth

and

flow

erin

g an

d im

prov

ing

the

yiel

d of

kin

g ch

illi.

Appl

icat

ion

of 4

0ppm

NAA

at f

ull b

loom

sta

ge e

ffect

ivel

y co

ntro

lled

flow

er d

rop

with

an

incr

ease

in

yiel

d up

to 3

5 pe

rcen

t.

Har

vest

ing

and

yiel

d: T

he p

icki

ng o

f ei

ther

mat

ure

gree

n or

red

fru

its

depe

nds u

pon

the

mar

ket d

eman

ds. T

he n

umbe

r of p

icki

ng v

arie

s fro

m 1

5-45

day

s de

pend

ing

upon

the

gro

wth

and

dev

elop

men

t of

fru

it. K

ing

chill

i no

rmal

ly y

ield

s ab

out 1

500k

g/2

bigh

a of

fres

h fru

it an

d yi

eld

of d

ry fr

uit i

s ab

out 7

0.5k

g/ 2

big

ha.

Impo

rtan

t In

sect

, Pe

sts

and

Dise

ases

.

Dam

ping

of

f: Se

edlin

gs

are

atta

cked

ne

ar

the

hypo

coty

l re

sulti

ng

in

with

erin

g.

Dre

nchi

ng

the

nurs

ery

with

cap

tan

or T

hira

m

@ 2

g/lit

re o

f w

ater

at

10-1

5 da

ys

inte

rval

.

Ant

hrac

nose

(fr

uit

rot)

: A

smal

l w

ater

soak

ed sp

ots w

hich

whe

n fu

lly

deve

lope

d ar

e da

rk

sunk

en

with

nu

mer

ous

acer

vulli

be

arin

g sp

are

mas

ses

arra

nged

in c

once

ntric

rin

gs.

Spra

ying

of

Die

than

e M

-45

@ 2

.5

g/L

or B

avist

in @

1g/

L of

wat

er a

t 10

-15

days

inte

rval

.

Chi

lli

mos

aic

viru

s: W

hole

le

af