Training about citrus care, harvesting, export and storing

1. Online Training on Good
Agricultural Practices of Citrus
Report of Attended Online training of (Good Agricultural Practices of
Citrus) PAKISTAN HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT & EXPORT COMPANY
(PHDEC)
19 Sep 2023
By: Hammad Daud

2. MAIN POINTS OF TRAINING
1. Pruning
2. Nutrition
3. Diseases
4. Irrigation
5. Intercropping
6. Nursery Issue

3. PRUNING IN CITRUS
• The major issue in citrus is not awareness of citrus pruning at proper
time.
• Without pruning plant gets to dense, which causes low light penetration
& air circulation.
• Making of canopy.
• Branches should not touch the soil which causes 70% diseases attack.

4. Slides by PHDEC on Pruning

5. SIGNIFICANCE & NON-SIGNIFICANCE OF PRUNNING
• Well air circulation .
• Well light penetration increases
photosynthesis.
• Reduce dry-branches & leaves.
• Decrease insects & Pest
attacks.
• Better access to inside the tree
for picking fruit & spraying
• Low air circulation which
causes pest attack more.
• Low light penetration which
cause yellowing of leaves.
• Low quality food
• High insect & pest attacks.
SIGNIFICANCE NON-SIGNIFICANCE

6. NUTRITION IN CITRUS
Organic Matter:
• Recommended nutrition for citrus is Organic Manure (Farm Yard Manure -
FYM)
• The recommended dose of FYM/Plant is 40-50Kg/Plant in Dec-Jan.
In-Organic Matter:
• Nitrogen for Vegetative growth 1000-1200gm in 3 split doses (Feb-April-
Sep)
• Phosphorus for quality fruit 500gm single dose (Jan-Feb)
• Potash for quality fruit color 500gm single dose (Jan-Feb)

7. SLIDES BY PHDEC ON NUTRITION

8. PESTS IN CITRUS
Major pests & their prevention of Citrus:
1. Aphids sucking type insects for prevention use (Amidacloromiprid OR
Bifrenthrin) Insecticide 1gm/1ml of water.
2. Fruit Fly sucking OR sponging type insects for prevention use
(Trychlorofan) insecticide 2gm@1L of water, or install fly tray 4 to
6/Acre.
3. Citrus Thrips sucking type for prevention use (Spentoran) 20ml@100L
of water.
4. Stem fungus prevention use lime + copper-oxychloride spray or apply
on stem directly.

9. Sudden Death of Citrus Plants
• Sudden death causes by fungal attack &
as well as by termites.
• For prevention from sudden death
apply fungicide and any termiticide by
the distance of 1ft from stem .

10. SLIDES BY PHDEC ON PESTS

11. SLIDES BY PHDEC ON PESTS

12. IRRIGATION IN CITRUS
• Irrigation required as per plant requirement & as per according to
area/location.
• Some arid areas requires irrigation on daily basis & some of the areas
like Sargodha flat areas require less water after every 4 to 5 days.

13. SLIDE BY PHDEC ON IRRIGATION

14. INTERCROPING IN CITRUS
• Intercroping of agronomic crops like ( Wheat, Berseem, Sorghum,
Sugarcane, etc can compete for nutrition with citrus as well as causes
damage by many insects & diseases, So its not recommended to
cultivate in intercropping of Citrus orchard.
• We should plant tree on borders for wind breaking.

15. SLIDE BY PHDEC ON INTERCROPING

16. NURSERY STANDARD OF CITRUS
• The standard height of transplantation
of citrus plant is 110cm in height.
• The main issue of not surviving of
most plant is due to transplanting of
immature plants.