Standardising Planting Materials for enhancing Growth and Yield Parameters of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) under Coconut based Ecosystem

Author: K. Venkatesan

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Abstract

Growth and yield of black pepper is greatly influenced by the type of planting material, but in India there exists a lack of quality planting material. Hence the present study was aimed to standardise the effect of different planting materials for enhancing the growth and yield of black pepper under coconut based ecosystem. Keeping the above thing in view, an experiment was conducted at Coconut Research Station, Aliyarnagar to standardize the suitable planting material on growth and development of black pepper in coconut garden based ecosystem during 2015 - 2018 as an intercrop. Experiment was laid out in randomized block design with seven treatments and each treatment was replicated thrice. Three different types of planting material of black pepper used were rooted cuttings of orthotropic shoots, runner shoots and plagiotropic shoots of the variety Panniyur 1. During 2015-16, T2 and T3 registered maximum plant height (254.0 cm) and number of leaves (87.8) respectively. Among the treat

Keywords

Black pepper; planting material; orthotropic shoot; runner shoots; intercrop; coconut based ecosystem; plagiotropic shoots; Panniyur 1 pepper.

Conclusion

In the present study, among the seven treatments, rooted cuttings from runner shoot (2 plants/ tree), rooted cuttings from runner shoot (4 plants/ tree) and rooted cuttings from orthotropic shoot (2 plants/ tree) showed better performance for morphological and spike traits and this was due to effective utilization of interspaces in coconut gardens and available resources hence runner and orthotropic shoots can be better used as the planting material for plant propagation in black pepper in the coconut garden based ecosystem conditions. It also would help coconut gardens to offer excellent opportunities to exploit the inter-space potential for maximizing returns per unit area and increase the overall wellbeing of farmers and farming communities too.

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How to cite this article

K. Venkatesan (2022). Standardising Planting Materials for Enhancing Growth and Yield Parameters of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) under Coconut based Ecosystem. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(1): 1341-1345.