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Ravishankar Amdalu |
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Madanthyaru (post), Belthangadi (Tq), |
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Dakshina Kannada (Dist) |
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Karnataka |
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Pepper grafting to combat root rot |
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In order to overcome the root rot disease in pepper, Ravishankar Amdalu has grafted the normal pepper plant to Piper longum (hippali) plant. While normal pepper is very prone to this disease, Piper longum shows more resistance. The pepper thus acquires the resistant characteristics of Piper longum. This method avoids the use of chemicals to combat the root rot disease.
Ravishankar Amdalu, Madanthyaru (post), Belthangadi (Tq), Dakshina Kannada (Dist)
Root rot of common pepper (Piper nigrum) is caused by Phytopthora capsici. Piper longum has shown antifungal effect but efficacy against Phytopthora capsici has not been reported. (Ke Hu, Aijun Dong, Hongwei Liu, Huisheng Feng, Qishi Sun, Xinsheng Yao.1999. Bioactivity of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicines Against Pyricularia oryzae. Pharmaceutical Biology (Formerly International Journal of Pharmacognosy), 37(3): 225-230). |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee, 16(4):16, 2005 |
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| Call Number |
16411 |
