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| Name |
T T Thomas |
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| District |
Idukki |
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| State |
Kerala |
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Practice |
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| Title |
A new high yielding variety of pepper |
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| Details |
The innovator noticed a particular pepper plant different from the rest while clearing the land in Kanchiyar, a place near Kattappana in Idukki district. He protected the plant. He grafted the stem cuttings from this plant on Pepper colubrinum. But the grafted plants didn’t show all the good qualities of the mother plant. He abandoned grafting and instead used the stem cuttings from the mother plant and propagated these by raising them in polythene bags. These plants showed all the good qualities of the mother plant. The higher yield, resistance to pests and diseases under sunny conditions and branching and sub-branching of the spikes were some of the distinctive features of this variety. It yields about 4000 kg per hectare and is reported to be resistant to wilt and nematodes. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey bee 20(4), 29, 2009 & 2010 |
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| Call Number |
21117 |
