Chilli (Capsicum annum)

CROP MANAGEMENT

Seed management

1. Seed selection methods
2. Seed treatment methods
3. Nursery management

Soil Management

1. Compost
2. vermicompost
3. Green manuring
4. Green leaf manuring
5. Tank silt
6. Panchagavya
7. Jiwamrit
8. Amrutpani / Amrit Jal
9. Dung and urine extract

Pest management

Preventive measures

1. Crop rotation
2. Deep summer ploughing (for moisture retention and against insect pupae)
3. Seed treatment (against seed borne infections)
4. Neem cake in soil (against soil borne diseases, root grubs, etc)
5. Border crops (against sucking pests)
6. Destruction of alternate hosts to vectors
7. Light traps and bonfires
8. Bird perches (against some insects)
9. Pheromone traps (for monitoring Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera litura)
10. Collection and destruction of  plants infected with viral diseases (against bud necrosis)

Curative / reactive measures

1. Neem oil spray (against sucking pests)
2. Neem Seed Kernel Extract spray
3. Culling out infested shoots (against Yellow Stem Borer)

Pest and disorders

1. Insects
   1. Pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera)
   2. Thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis)
   3. Whiteflies
   4. Mites (Hemitarsonemus latus)
   5. Thrips
   6. Tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura)
   7. Root grub (Holotricha consanguina)
   8. Aphids ()
   9. Jassids
2. Diseases
   1. Wilt

3. Nutritional disorders
   1. Nitrogen deficiency
   2. Potassium deficiency
   3. Sulphur deficiency
   4. Zinc deficiency
   5. Iron deficiency

Natural enemies that you would find in chilli
ecosystem

1. Birds
2. Spiders
3. Ladybirds
4. Parasitic wasps

Harvesting

Storage pests

Credits

References