Farmers Knowledge About Recommended Cultivation Practices of Kagzi Lime

The citrus crops grown in Maharashtra state are sweet orange, mandarin and kagzi lime. There is dearth of research studies on the aspect of knowledge level of recommended package of practices of kagzilime growers. Majority of the respondents possessed medium level of knowledge (47.50 per cent) about recommended kagzilime cultivation practices. Majority of the respondents had knowledge about selection of soil, storage of fruits, marketing, irrigation water management, preparatory tillage, planting distance, planting distance, size of pit, fruit harvesting, transportation of fruits, grading of fruits, intercropping, planting time, care while planting, pest and its control measures, diseases and its control measures, fruit packing, application of manures and fertilizers, bahar management for kagzilime cultivation.